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Methods and apparatus for a universal tracking system

  • US 5,940,835 A
  • Filed: 11/04/1997
  • Issued: 08/17/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for tracking records in a relational database of a computer system, said method comprising the steps of:

  • assigning tracking identifiers to records of a table in a relational database, wherein a tracking identifier comprises a plurality of fields of equal length in a corresponding record; and

    generating tracking values for storage in said tracking identifiers of said records, to track relationships between at least two records, that associate one or more fields of a tracking identifier of a first record with one or more fields of a tracking identifier of another record associated with said first record.

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