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Data processing network and method for operating such

  • US 9,015,298 B2
  • Filed: 06/02/2005
  • Issued: 04/21/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A data processing (DP) network, comprising:

  • a configuration server; and

    at least one DP appliance, whereina relational database having configuration data is stored on the configuration server,at least one application is installed on the DP appliance,the configuration data configures the installed application,the configuration data includes at least two data types and at least one data instance per data type, each data instance being associated with the respective data type as an instance of the data type to which the data instance is associated,each data type has a label and contains definitions of a plurality of data elements, each data element of the plurality of data elements having a label,each data instance has a label and allocates a respective value to each of the plurality of data elements defined in the associated data type,a first data type of the at least two data types is dependent on a second data type of the at least two data types, andan instance of the first data type and an instance of the second data type always allocate a same value to a data element of the plurality of data elements of the first data type and a data element of the plurality of data elements of the second data type, respectively, when said instance of the first data type and said instance of the second data type have a same label and when said first and second elements have a same label.

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