Communication data format for use in data storage and retrieval
First Claim
1. A communication data format embodied in a computer readable storage medium, said communication data format being for use in communicating data between different executable applications for storage and retrieval, comprising:
- a data field for conveying a data item acquired from a first executable application in response to a request data format including said data field from a different second executable application; and
a plurality of attributes associated with said data field used by said first executable application in identifying operations to be performed on said data item by at least one executable procedure for inclusion in said data field, said plurality of attributes including, at least one attribute for indicating whether a new data item is to be created by an executable procedure for inclusion in said data field.
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Abstract
A communication system and data format extracts required object data from a database and updates the database with amended or new object data and associated data relationships following optional modification of the object data by an external system. A communication data format is used for communicating data between applications for storage and retrieval. The data format includes a data field for conveying a data item and a plurality of attributes associated with the data field. The plurality of attributes include a data type identifier for use in determining an executable procedure to be used in processing the data item, and at least one other attribute used in determining particular operations to be applied in processing the data item by the executable procedure.
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16 Claims
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1. A communication data format embodied in a computer readable storage medium, said communication data format being for use in communicating data between different executable applications for storage and retrieval, comprising:
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a data field for conveying a data item acquired from a first executable application in response to a request data format including said data field from a different second executable application; and a plurality of attributes associated with said data field used by said first executable application in identifying operations to be performed on said data item by at least one executable procedure for inclusion in said data field, said plurality of attributes including, at least one attribute for indicating whether a new data item is to be created by an executable procedure for inclusion in said data field. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A communication data request format embodied in a computer readable storage medium, said communication data request format being for use by a first application in acquiring data from a second application, comprising:
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a data field for conveying a data item provided by said second application; and a plurality of attributes associated with said data field for use by said second application in providing said data item in response to receiving said data request format, said plurality of attributes including, a data type identifier for use by said second application in identifying an operation to be performed or to be excluded from being performed in processing said data item for inclusion in said data field and at least one other attribute, for use by said second application in deriving said data item, said at least one other attribute comprising a characteristic for use in filtering information to derive said data item and placeholder data to be replaced by a desired data item. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A communication data update format embodied in a computer readable storage medium, said communication data update format being for use by a first application in updating data acquired from a second application and communicating said updated data to said second application, comprising:
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a data field for conveying a data item to said second application; and a plurality of attributes associated with said data field for use by said second application in identifying operations to be performed on said data item in updating a stored corresponding data item in response to receiving said data update format, said plurality of attributes including, a first attribute indicating whether a new data item is to be created and stored, and at least one other attribute, for use by said second application in updating said stored corresponding data item, said at least one other attribute comprising one of, (a) an indicator identifying said data item conveyed to said second application as being a modified version of a data item previously acquired from said second application and (b) an indicator identifying said data item conveyed to said second application as being a new data item for storage. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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