METHOD FOR UPDATING A DATABASE

• US 20100312757A1
• Filed: 09/13/2007
• Published: 12/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Luedtke, Dirk, Meschenmoser, Reinhard
• Application Number:
  US12/514,021
• Publication Number:
  US 20100312757A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/695
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2329 using versioning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2365 Ensuring data consistency and integrity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2379 Updates performed during online database operations; commit processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases

Abstract

In a method for updating a database by transmitting a version of database segments, the database is divided into individual segments. To reduce the quantity of data to be transmitted and to reduce the computing expenditure, the segments are divided into segments to be updated explicitly and segments to be updated implicitly and a segment that is to be updated implicitly is updated together with a segment that is to be updated explicitly. Furthermore, an appropriately developed database installation is specified.

Claims

1-5. -5. (canceled)

6. A method for updating a database, comprising:

dividing the database into individual segments;

dividing the segments into segments to be updated explicitly and segments to be updated implicitly; and

updating a segment that is to be updated implicitly is together with a segment that is to be updated explicitly.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein an independent segment of the database is updated explicitly.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein in the case of segments that depend only on one another, one of the segments is categorized as to be updated explicitly and other segments are categorized as to be updated implicitly.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein a database of a navigation system is updated.

10. A database installation, comprising:

a reception device for a version of database segments transmittable from a computing center; and

a database divided into individual segments, the database including an update compiler adapted to update a segment to be updated implicitly together with a segment to be updated explicitly.