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Method and device for a user profile repository

  • US 6,941,291 B1
  • Filed: 12/07/2000
  • Issued: 09/06/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of providing access to information comprising the steps of:

  • a) a repository receiving a call from an application program, said call specifying a user identifier and a requested logical collection of information of a plurality of logical collections of information;

    b) in response to said call, said repository determining locations having portions of said requested logical collection of information corresponding to said user identifier by;

    b1) determining a plurality of fields associated with said requested logical collection of information, wherein said fields describe information distributed over a plurality of databases; and

    b2) accessing a stored mapping of said fields to said databases, said mapping stored on said repository;

    c) using said user identifier and said stored mapping, said repository retrieving information corresponding to a first of said plurality of fields from a first of said plurality of databases;

    d) using said user identifier and said stored mapping, said repository retrieving information corresponding to a second of said plurality of fields from a second of said plurality of databases, wherein said first and second database store information in a different format from one another;

    e) said repository providing said requested logical collection of information to said application program, retrieved from said first and second databases; and

    f) said repository storing in a cache said requested logical collection of information which was requested by said application program.

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