Method and apparatus for data storage and retrieval
US5799308A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 4, 1996 |
| Grant date | Aug 25, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 4, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Data storage is performed using the formation of records having a keyfield which is a numeric concatenation of at least two identifiers. Preferably, the keyfield contains an identifier of entity type and an identifier of an attribute and, more preferably, also an identifier of entity--where entity type is generic, such a "company", entity is specific, such as ABC Limited, and attribute is, for example, "telephone number". The numeric values are preferably obtained from a list of words and/or phrases for which a numeric value has been pre-assigned for each entry in the list. Preferably, some of the records store data and other of the records store details of the relationship between data. Beneficially, some of the records store data and others of the records control data processing.
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