Automatic electronic mail notification of database events
First Claim
1. A method for providing an indication of the occurrence of a predetermined event within a database system, said database system storing data, said data being accessible by a plurality of users, said data being stored in a plurality of data formats, said plurality of data formats including a first data format, the method comprising the steps of:
- using a daemon process operating independently from said database system to automatically and repetitively read a predetermined storage location within said database;
detecting a data structure having said first data format stored in said predetermined storage location;
reading said data structure;
converting said data structure from said first data format to a second data format; and
providing said indication to at least one user of said plurality of users, said indication including at least a portion of said data structure.
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Abstract
The invention provides a method for providing an indication of the occurrence of events within a database system. The database system stores data accessible by a plurality of users and in a plurality of data formats. The method comprises the steps of periodically reading a storage location within the database, detecting a data structure stored in the storage location and reading the data structure. The method further includes the steps of converting the data structure from the first data format to a second data format and providing the indication to at least one user, the indication including at least a portion of the data structure.
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1. A method for providing an indication of the occurrence of a predetermined event within a database system, said database system storing data, said data being accessible by a plurality of users, said data being stored in a plurality of data formats, said plurality of data formats including a first data format, the method comprising the steps of:
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using a daemon process operating independently from said database system to automatically and repetitively read a predetermined storage location within said database; detecting a data structure having said first data format stored in said predetermined storage location; reading said data structure; converting said data structure from said first data format to a second data format; and providing said indication to at least one user of said plurality of users, said indication including at least a portion of said data structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for providing an indication of the occurrence of a predetermined event within a database system, said database system storing data on a server processing system, said data being accessible by a plurality of client processing systems coupled to the server processing system on a network, said data being stored in a plurality of data formats, said plurality of data formats including a first data format, the method comprising the steps of:
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using a daemon process operating independently from said database system to automatically and repetitively scan a predetermined storage location within said database on said server processing system; detecting a data structure having said first data format stored in said predetermined storage location; reading said data structure; converting said data structure from said first data format to a second data format; providing said indication to at least one client processing system, said indication including at least a portion of said data structure. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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