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Relational database information management system for facilitating normalization of a relational database

  • US 5,566,333 A
  • Filed: 11/05/1992
  • Issued: 10/15/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An information management system, comprising:

  • at least one computer;

    a relational database stored in a memory that is accessible to said computer, said relational database comprising a relational database kernel, a plurality of information entities, each said information entity being comprised by a respective one of a plurality of entity tables, and a linker table for holding a plurality of many-to-many relationships among said information entities;

    computer-implemented entity relation management program means, for manipulating data in said linker table to dynamically define many-to-many relationships among said information entities, such that many-to-many relationships in the relational database can be created and modified by a user to manage the relational database without structurally changing the relational database by one of creating and deleting tables thereof; and

    computer-implemented report generating program means, cooperating with said relational database kernel, for producing a coherent report that is informative of said relational database.

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