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Method and apparatus for implementing a corporate directory and service center

  • US 6,539,379 B1
  • Filed: 08/23/1999
  • Issued: 03/25/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of maintaining a database of a plurality of data entries, each data entry having a unique identifier, comprising:

  • changing the unique identifier for a first entry of the plurality of data entries, thereby creating a changed unique identifier for the first entry;

    searching the plurality of data entries for a subset of data entries, each data entry of the subset of data entries having a reference to the first entry; and

    updating the reference to the first entry of each data entry of the subset of data entries to reflect the changed unique identifier of the first entry, wherein;

    each data entry represents something to be tracked;

    each unique identifier includes a department name; and

    the changing the unique identifier comprises changing the department name associated with the first entry to reflect movement of the first entry from a first department to a second department.

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