Method and system for database publishing

• US 6,282,539 B1
• Filed: 08/31/1998
• Issued: 08/28/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Anthony J. Luca
• Original Assignee: Anthony J. Luca
• Inventors: Luca, Anthony J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mizrahi, Diane D.
• Application Number:
  US09/144,471
• Time in Patent Office: 1,093 Days
• Field of Search: 707/3, 707/4, 707/5, 707/6, 707/104, 707/500, 707/507, 707/513, 707/514, 707/517, 705/1, 705/52, 705/54, 705/80, 700/213, 700/220, 713/187, 713/200
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/252 between a Database Management System and a front-end application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99934 Query formulation, input preparation, or translation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99935 Query augmenting and refining, e.g. inexact access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99936 Pattern matching access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

A method for direct connection between a data server, such as a database compliant with Open Database Connectivity and Structured Query Language, and a formatting engine using a hierarchical structure of target objects, token manager objects, and pattern objects to query data records from the database and to create an output document for a formatting engine, wherein the target objects contain the contents of the document, the token manager objects manage the insertion of data and their logical location in the document, the pattern objects perform queries on the data source, and wherein the token manager objects reflect the structure of the actual output document and the target objects reflect the logical structure of the desired output based upon the structure of the database, whereby the target objects manipulate the document through the token manager objects and the two structures are decoupled.

Claims

1. A method for direct connection between a data server and a formatting engine comprising:

using a hierarchical structure of target objects, token manager objects, and pattern objects to query data records from the data server and to create an output document for input to the formatting engine, wherein said target objects contain the contents of the document, said token manager objects manage the insertion of data and their logical location in the document, said pattern objects perform queries on the data server, and wherein said token manager objects reflect the structure of the actual output document, and the target objects reflect the logical structure of the desired output based upon the structure of the database, whereby said target objects manipulate the document through said token manager objects and said structures are decoupled.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said token manager objects comprise a document token, a page token, a flow token, and a table token.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said token objects comprise a table target, a paragraph target, and a page target.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said target object comprises a string template object.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said target object comprises a conditional object.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said pattern objects comprise one or more sub-pattern.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said data server is a database compliant with Open Database Connectivity and Structured Query Language.