Data processing system using versioned documents having temporary links
First Claim
1. A data processing system utilizing a computer process, the system comprising:
- a plurality of document control registers, wherein each document control register comprises at least one of;
versioned documents, wherein each versioned document is a confined and comprehensive type of tables/lists maintaining initially inputted data,at least one ledger, wherein a ledger is a table/list maintaining data having variable input information, andat least one other document control register, wherein a document control register is a kind of a ledger,wherein each said document control register has indexes for identifying and controlling records and the versioned documents and ledger that are the object of control, each said document control register having indexes for referencing the versioned documents, said ledger and said document control register when controlled by at least one of said document control register and other document control registers, said document control register having a change control portion for records, said versioned documents, said at least one ledger, and said at least one other document control register that are the object of control, and a portion for controlling use conditions and a state of the records, said versioned documents, said at least one ledger and said at least one other document control register that are the object of control, said document control register enabling access to all the versioned documents concerned; and
an internal table register mechanism for finding, by searching only said plurality of document control registers and only upon receiving a request, specified ones of plural versioned documents, ledgers, document control registers and records with a same index and stored in an external storage device, for transferring the specified ones to an internal storage device, and for relating elements of the specified ones together by links if the specified ones comprise plural elements, wherein said links are temporary.
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Abstract
The processing operations of an actual desk work can be executed as they are, and the efficiency of data processing work can be significantly improved by utilizing the processing capability of a computer system. A data processing system utilizing computer processing a means for generating a versioned documents which is confined and comprehesive type of tables/lists for maintaining initial data in their original state as they are, a means for generating a ledger which is a table/list including information which vary and change with time, and a means for generating a document control register which is a kind of ledger for maintaining the identification of tables/lists for controlling. The above-mentioned document control register has a portion for identifying and controlling its own records and tables/lists which are the object of control and a portion for controlling their conditions for use and states so that all document data can be included, controlled, and maintained by this document control register. In particular, the versioned documents maintain temporary links between the objects of control.
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19 Claims
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1. A data processing system utilizing a computer process, the system comprising:
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a plurality of document control registers, wherein each document control register comprises at least one of; versioned documents, wherein each versioned document is a confined and comprehensive type of tables/lists maintaining initially inputted data, at least one ledger, wherein a ledger is a table/list maintaining data having variable input information, and at least one other document control register, wherein a document control register is a kind of a ledger, wherein each said document control register has indexes for identifying and controlling records and the versioned documents and ledger that are the object of control, each said document control register having indexes for referencing the versioned documents, said ledger and said document control register when controlled by at least one of said document control register and other document control registers, said document control register having a change control portion for records, said versioned documents, said at least one ledger, and said at least one other document control register that are the object of control, and a portion for controlling use conditions and a state of the records, said versioned documents, said at least one ledger and said at least one other document control register that are the object of control, said document control register enabling access to all the versioned documents concerned; and an internal table register mechanism for finding, by searching only said plurality of document control registers and only upon receiving a request, specified ones of plural versioned documents, ledgers, document control registers and records with a same index and stored in an external storage device, for transferring the specified ones to an internal storage device, and for relating elements of the specified ones together by links if the specified ones comprise plural elements, wherein said links are temporary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A data processing system, comprising:
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a plurality of records, wherein each record comprises at least one of; a plurality of stored documents, each document having at least one independent document version, each independent document version fixedly maintaining data of the independent document version as initially stored; table means for maintaining variable input information; and other ones of the plurality of records; and document control table means for identifying at least one of the plurality of stored documents, the table means and other document control tables and for performing control procedures, and comprising at least one of; a record index for identifying the other ones of the plurality of records, a table index means for identifying the table means, at least one document index for referencing the plurality of independent document versions, a change control portion for controlling the other ones of the plurality of records and the table means, and a condition control portion for controlling at least one of record states of the other ones of the plurality of records, table states of the table means, and use conditions for the independent versions to enable access to each independent document version; and an internal table register means for finding specified ones of said records with a same index and stored in an external storage device, by searching only said document control table means and only when retrieval is requested, for transferring the specified records to an internal storage device, and when said record comprises a plurality of elements, for relating said plurality of elements together by links, the links determined based on conditions existing upon retrieval and the links being only temporary. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A data processing system, comprising:
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a plurality of versioned documents, each versioned document fixedly storing a data set as initially input into the data processing system; a plurality of ledgers, each ledger storing at least one variable data set; a plurality of document control registers, each controlling at least one of other ones of the plurality of document control registers, at least one of the plurality of versioned documents, and at least one of the plurality of ledgers; and an internal table register mechanism for finding, by searching only the plurality of document control registers and only when retrieval is requested, specified ones of the plurality versioned documents, the plurality of ledgers, the plurality of document control register, and records having a same index in an external storage device, for transferring the specified ones to an internal storage device, and, when said record comprises a plurality of elements, for relating said plurality of elements together by links, the links determined based on conditions existing upon retrieval and being only temporary; wherein each said document control register comprises individual indexes for the at least one versioned document, the at least one ledger and the other document control registers controlled by said document control register, and each document control register which is controlled by another document control register is capable of referencing each of the plurality of versioned documents, each of the plurality of the ledgers and each document control register which is controlled by another document control register, such that access to each versioned document is enabled. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A data processing system for maintaining a plurality of documents, each document having at least one object and having at least one version, each object having at least one version, different versions of a document comprising different versions of the at least one object, the system comprising:
at least one document control register, wherein each said document control register has indexes for identifying and controlling records of the object, said document control register having a change control portion and a portion for controlling use conditions, and enabling access to all the versioned documents concerned, the document control register comprising; a record index storing each document version and indicating specific versions of the objects corresponding to each document version; and an element table index storing each object version and a corresponding version number; and a unit table index temporarily linking, by searching only the at least one document control register and only upon a request for retrieval, each of the document versions to the specified ones and unspecified ones of the versions of the objects for each of the document versions based upon the corresponding version number of each object.
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