Table For Storing Parameterized Product/Services Information Using Variable Field Columns
First Claim
1. A computer system that stores descriptions of multiple different types of information as a collection of parameter-value pairs, comprising:
- a values table that stores values of items of information, wherein a column of the values table comprises a first value of a first type of data and a second value of a second type of data different from the first type of data; and
a first class key maps columns in a first row of the values table to a first set of parameters, and a second class key maps columns in a second row of the values table to a second set of parameters different from the second set of parameters.
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Abstract
Computer implemented systems store descriptions of multiple different types of marketplace items as a collection of parameter-value pairs, using a table having a plurality of rows and columns, wherein values for at least two of the items are stored in cells of first and second ones of the rows, respectively; keys that provide information that can be used to decipher differential mappings of a plurality of the columns to a plurality of parameters in different ones of the rows; and one or more interfaces that collectively display previously stored parameters and values to a human end-user.
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1. A computer system that stores descriptions of multiple different types of information as a collection of parameter-value pairs, comprising:
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a values table that stores values of items of information, wherein a column of the values table comprises a first value of a first type of data and a second value of a second type of data different from the first type of data; and a first class key maps columns in a first row of the values table to a first set of parameters, and a second class key maps columns in a second row of the values table to a second set of parameters different from the second set of parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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