DATABASE SYSTEM AND DISPLAY METHOD ON INFORMATION TERMINAL
First Claim
1. A database system comprising:
- a database, the database storing one or a plurality of relationships existing between a plurality of first instances belonging to a first entity and a plurality of second instances belonging to a second entity;
a microprocessor, the micro processor searching the database, when one or a plurality of the first instances are selected as a first selected set among the plurality of the first instances, for a first relationship existing between a instance in the first selected set and one of the plurality of the second instances, and the microprocessor searching the database, when one or a plurality of the second instances are selected as a second selected set among the plurality of the second instances, for a second relationship existing between one of the plurality of the first instances and an instance in the second selected set; and
a display device, the display device displaying a first pane and a second pane, the display device displaying a first list which includes the plurality of the first instances in the first pane and displaying a second list which includes the plurality of the second instances in the second pane, and the display device displaying the first relationship or the second relationship in the first pane or the second pane.
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Abstract
A database system that includes a database for storing one or a plurality of relationships existing between a plurality of first instances belonging to a first entity and a plurality of second instances belonging to a second entity. A microprocessor is provided for searching the database when one or more of the first instances are selected as a first selected set for determining a first relationship existing between an instance in the first selected set and one of the plurality of the second instances, and when one or more of the second instances are selected as a second selected set for determining a second relationship existing between one of the plurality of first instances and a instance in the second selected set. A display device is included for displaying a first pane and a second pane, a first list which includes the plurality of the first instances in the first pane, a second list which includes the plurality of the second instances in the second pane, and the first relationship or the second relationship in the first pane or the second pane.
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20 Claims
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1. A database system comprising:
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a database, the database storing one or a plurality of relationships existing between a plurality of first instances belonging to a first entity and a plurality of second instances belonging to a second entity; a microprocessor, the micro processor searching the database, when one or a plurality of the first instances are selected as a first selected set among the plurality of the first instances, for a first relationship existing between a instance in the first selected set and one of the plurality of the second instances, and the microprocessor searching the database, when one or a plurality of the second instances are selected as a second selected set among the plurality of the second instances, for a second relationship existing between one of the plurality of the first instances and an instance in the second selected set; and a display device, the display device displaying a first pane and a second pane, the display device displaying a first list which includes the plurality of the first instances in the first pane and displaying a second list which includes the plurality of the second instances in the second pane, and the display device displaying the first relationship or the second relationship in the first pane or the second pane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A database system comprising:
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a database, the database storing one or a plurality of relationships between a plurality of first instances belonging to a first entity and a plurality of second instances belonging to a second entity; a microprocessor, the microprocessor searching the database, when a third instance and a fourth instance are selected from the plurality of the first instances, for one or a plurality of fifth instances in the plurality of the second instances wherein one or a plurality of first relationships exist between the one or the plurality of the fifth instances and the third instance or between the one or the plurality of the fifth instances and the fourth instance at a first condition, and searching the database for one or a plurality of sixth instances in the plurality of the second instances wherein one or a plurality of second relationships exist between the one or the plurality of the sixth instances and the third instance and/or between the one or the plurality of the sixth instances and the fourth instance at a second condition; and
,a display device for displaying a first pane and a second pane, the display device displaying a first list which includes the plurality of the first instances in the first pane and displaying a second list which includes the plurality of the second instances in the second pane, the display device displaying the one or the plurality of the first relationships, which exists between the one or the plurality of the fifth instances and the third instance or between the one or the plurality of the fifth instances and the fourth instance, in a first mode, and the display device displaying the one or the plurality of the second relationships, which exists between the one or the plurality of the sixth instances and the third instance and/or between the one or the plurality of the sixth instances and the fourth instance, in a second mode. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A display method in an information terminal having a database storing one or a plurality of relationships existing between a plurality of first instances belonging to a first entity and a plurality of second instances belonging to a second entity and a display device displaying a first pane and a second pane, the display device displaying a first list which includes the plurality of the first instances in the first pane and displaying a second list which includes the plurality of the second instances in the second pane, the display method comprising:
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searching the database, when one or a plurality of the first instances are selected as a first selected set among the plurality of the first instances, for a first relationship existing between an instance in the first selected set and one of the plurality of the second instances and displaying the first relationship on the display device; and searching the database, when one or a plurality of the second instances are selected as a second selected set among the plurality of the second instances, for a second relationship existing between one of the plurality of the first instances and an instance in the second selected set and displaying the second relationship on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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