Database track history
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of providing a track history of information previously requested from a database, the method comprising:
- providing, in a computer-readable storage memory, a track history of user-selectable records, said records having corresponding metadata items applicable to identify a data set from a data superset stored in the database;
providing a bank of user-selectable transformers, wherein a selected transformer takes a selected record and transforms the metadata items corresponding to the selected record to application-specific metadata according to a syntax determined by the selected transformer; and
providing activation of an application which accepts the determined syntax, said activation making the application-specific metadata available for use in rendering a presentation of the identified data set by the application.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method of providing a track history of information previously requested from a database. The method includes: providing a track history of user-selectable records that have corresponding metadata items applicable to identify a data set from a data superset stored in the database; providing a bank of transformers with different user-selectable transformers; wherein a selected transformer takes a selected record and transforms the metadata items of the record to application specific metadata according to a syntax determined by the transformer; and activating an application, which accepts the determined syntax, comprising posting the application specific metadata.
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1. A computer-implemented method of providing a track history of information previously requested from a database, the method comprising:
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providing, in a computer-readable storage memory, a track history of user-selectable records, said records having corresponding metadata items applicable to identify a data set from a data superset stored in the database; providing a bank of user-selectable transformers, wherein a selected transformer takes a selected record and transforms the metadata items corresponding to the selected record to application-specific metadata according to a syntax determined by the selected transformer; and providing activation of an application which accepts the determined syntax, said activation making the application-specific metadata available for use in rendering a presentation of the identified data set by the application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system comprising:
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a display device; a processor; and a computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the system to perform a method for providing a graphical presentation based on a track history of previously requested information, the method comprising; receiving a user-selection of one of a plurality of stored track history records having corresponding metadata items and presentation properties, wherein; said metadata items identify a stored data set categorized by one or more measures representing amounts, and by one or more dimensions along which the measures are arrayed, and said presentation properties define graphical properties of the data set; receiving a user-selection of one of a plurality of stored transformations;
transforming, using the selected transformation, the metadata items corresponding to the selected record to application-specific metadata according to a syntax determined by the selected transformation; andactivating an application configured to accept the determined syntax, said activation providing a graphical presentation of the data set identified by the metadata items on the display device based on the application-specific metadata and the presentation properties.
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