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Database system for facilitating comparison of related information stored in a distributed resource
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1991-09-04
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Granted: 1995-12-12
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Expires: 2011-09-04
Abstract
Abstract A database system and application for facilitating comparison of data between manufacturing lines or other business processes which are geographically separated or distributed includes a storage arrangement in which data from remote locations is shadowed and can be updated as necessary only from remote locations. The Intersite Line Comparison system (ILC) also controls the invoking of other applications in a manner which is transparent to the user and dynamically builds data comparisons in desired formats under user-friendly, menu-driven control. Automatic data conversion, including tables of equivalent groups of operations at different sites is provided to facilitate meaningful comparison of data from different sites.
Inventors
- 👤 Norman J. Dauerer
- 👤 Edward E. Kelley
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 04:51
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/20; G06F16/25; G06F16/256; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99951; Y10S707/99952
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
191 words
A method of data retrieval from a virtual machine system including a distributed resource, said virtual machine system having a plurality of nodes, each said node including a plurality of applications and local storage for storing data items, said method comprising the steps of storing selected data items from said distributed resource in said local storage including updating said local storage when one of a plurality of predetermined files of said distributed resource is altered, displaying a menu of predetermined data reporting options, selecting a data reporting option from said menu, invoking at least one of said applications in response to said selecting of said data reporting option and selecting ones of said data items from said local storage in response to said step of selecting a data reporting option, selecting further data from said local storage in response to said selecting of data items from said local storage based on a concordance of said data items and said selected data items from said distributed resource, and reporting said data and said further data in a predetermined format corresponding to said step of selecting a data reporting option from said menu.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
191 words
A method of data retrieval from a virtual machine system including a distributed resource, said virtual machine system having a plurality of nodes, each said node including a plurality of applications and local storage for storing data items, said method comprising the steps of storing selected data items from said distributed resource in said local storage including updating said local storage when one of a plurality of predetermined files of said distributed resource is altered, displaying a menu of predetermined data reporting options, selecting a data reporting option from said menu, invoking at least one of said applications in response to said selecting of said data reporting option and selecting ones of said data items from said local storage in response to said step of selecting a data reporting option, selecting further data from said local storage in response to said selecting of data items from said local storage based on a concordance of said data items and said selected data items from said distributed resource, and reporting said data and said further data in a predetermined format corresponding to said step of selecting a data reporting option from said menu.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
131 words
A system for facilitating comparison of data from at least two data sources including a node of a network receiving data from at least one of said data sources and a shadow of data from another of said at least two data sources including means for storing said data and said shadow of data, means for displaying a menu of functions including at least one data reporting function and selecting a function therefrom, means responsive to said selection from said menu of functions for invoking at least one application at said node, said application including means for reporting data from said means for storing said data and said shadow of data through said at least one application, and means for selectively displaying said data reported through said at least one application.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
131 words
A system for facilitating comparison of data from at least two data sources including a node of a network receiving data from at least one of said data sources and a shadow of data from another of said at least two data sources including means for storing said data and said shadow of data, means for displaying a menu of functions including at least one data reporting function and selecting a function therefrom, means responsive to said selection from said menu of functions for invoking at least one application at said node, said application including means for reporting data from said means for storing said data and said shadow of data through said at least one application, and means for selectively displaying said data reported through said at least one application.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said means for invoking said at least one application includes means for converting said data reported from said means for storing said data and said shadow of data from one data format to another data format.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said means responsive to said selection invokes a plurality of said applications at said node.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
A system as recited in claim 1, further including means for updating data from said at least one of said data sources in said means for storing said data and said shadow of data.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
A system as recited in claim 1, further including means for updating said shadow of data from said another of said at least two data sources.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
A system as recited in claim 6, wherein said means for updating said shadow of data from said another of said at least two data sources includes means for transmitting data from said another data source to said node.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
A system as recited in claim 7, wherein said means for transmitting said data to said node includes encryption means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said means for displaying a menu of functions and selecting a function therefrom includes means for displaying another menu at another level of a hierarchy of functions.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
40 words
A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said means for displaying a menu of functions and selecting a function therefrom includes means for specifying selection of at least said data and said shadow of data in a selectable order.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
26 words
A system as recited in claim 10, further including means for selectively establishing a display format for said display of said data reported through said application.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
29 words
A system as recited in claim 1, further including means for grouping data returned from said means for storing said data and said shadow of data into predetermined groups.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
17 words
A system as recited in claim 12, wherein said means for grouping data includes a look-up table.
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