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System for converting data from input data environment using first format to output data environment using second format by executing the associations between their fields

  • US 5,708,828 A
  • Filed: 05/25/1995
  • Issued: 01/13/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for converting data from an input data environment using a first data format to an output data environment using a second data format, wherein the input data environment includes one or more tables, each of the one or more tables in the input data environment having records including one or more fields, wherein the output data environment includes one or more tables, each of the one or more tables in the output data environment having records including one or more fields, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving a definition of the first data format;

    receiving a definition of the second data format;

    creating a logical association between the input data environment and the output data environment;

    creating one or more logical associations between the one or more tables in the input data environment and the one or more tables in the output data environment;

    creating one or more associations between the one or more fields in the one or more tables in the input data environment and the one or more fields in the one or more tables in the output data environment;

    performing a data conversion between the input data environment and the output data environment, wherein said performing comprises;

    accessing the data from the input data environment;

    converting the data from the input data environment using the first data format to data having a pre-defined generic format; and

    executing the associations between the one or more fields in the one or more tables in the input data environment and the one or more fields in the one or more tables in the output data environment, wherein said step of executing converts said data having said pre-defined generic format to output data having said second data format.

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