Method for merging information from effective dated base tables
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1. A method for merging data entries comprising:
- converting data entries from a first table into continuous duration data entries;
merging adjacent continuous duration data entries containing similar data;
creating an association between a continuous duration data entry and a data entry in a second table, the data entry in the second table having an effective date within a time spanned by the continuous duration data entry; and
using said association, to access at least one of said continuous duration data entry and said data entry.
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Abstract
Method for merging data entries from a plurality of effective-dated tables. A preferred embodiment comprises converting the data entries from an effective-dated table into a continuous duration data table (for example, algorithm block 405) and then merging continuous neighbors that contain repetitive data (for example, algorithm block 415). Finally, data from other effective-dated tables are used to split the continuous duration data into parts (for example, algorithm block 425) so that associations between the continuous duration data and the data from the other effective-dated tables are made clear.
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1. A method for merging data entries comprising:
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converting data entries from a first table into continuous duration data entries; merging adjacent continuous duration data entries containing similar data; creating an association between a continuous duration data entry and a data entry in a second table, the data entry in the second table having an effective date within a time spanned by the continuous duration data entry; and using said association, to access at least one of said continuous duration data entry and said data entry. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for extracting data from effective-dated tables comprising:
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converting data entries from a first table into continuous duration data entries; merging adjacent continuous duration data entries containing similar data; creating an association between a continuous duration data entry and a data entry in a second table, the data entry in the second table having an effective date within a time spanned by the continuous duration data entry; searching the continuous duration data for a particular data entry received in a query; proving a continuous duration data entry corresponding to the particular data entry if found; and using said association, to access at least one of said continuous duration data entry and said data entry. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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