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Data importation and exportation for computing devices

  • US 8,275,742 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2003
  • Issued: 09/25/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • accessing at least one data element representing a delta data change from a source database of a source system, the delta data change existing in a first collection of data in the source database;

    accessing a related data element from the source database, the related data element defined to have a relationship to the at least one data element and affecting a layout of the at least one data element;

    copying the at least one data element and the related data element to an export data file by converting the at least one data element and the related data element to ActiveX Data Object specific extensible markup language files by data type;

    transporting the export data file from the source system to a target system having a target database;

    displaying, at the target system, a user interface that identifies ones of the at least one data element that exist in a second collection of data stored in the target database, to prompt a user selection of desired ones of the at least one data element to be copied in the target database; and

    copying selected ones of the at least one data element and the related data element to the target database.

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