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Value-instance-connectivity computer-implemented database

  • US 6,009,432 A
  • Filed: 07/08/1998
  • Issued: 12/28/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/08/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented database comprising:

  • a. one or more sets of data value elements, each data value element having a position in one of the one or more sets of data value elements and a data value;

    b. at least a first and a second set of instance elements, each instance element having a position in its respective set of instance elements and an instance value, and each set of instance elements corresponding to an attribute,c. wherein for a first instance element in the first set of instance elements(i) a first associated data value element in the one or more sets of data value elements is derived from the first instance element'"'"'s position, and(ii) a single second instance element in the second set of instance elements, whose position in the second set of instance elements is different from the first instance element'"'"'s position in the first set of instance elements, is derived from the first instance element'"'"'s instance value, andd. further wherein(i) a second associated data value element in the one or more sets of data value elements is associated with the second instance element and at least one other element in the second set of instance elements, and(ii) the first instance element can be derived from the second instance element independent of the first instance element'"'"'s value.

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