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Device and method for data management based on values

US5881380A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 11, 1996
Grant dateMar 9, 1999
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Expiry dateApr 11, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99943
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of data management includes the steps of receiving a plurality of values, obtaining descriptions, each of the descriptions describing a corresponding one of the values, linking each of the values with a corresponding one of the descriptions, generating pointers, each of the pointers pointing to a corresponding one of the values, organizing the pointers in an arrangement representing a set having the values as elements, obtaining a description of the set, and linking the arrangement with the description of the set, wherein a data structure relating the values with each other is determined by the arrangement through accumulation of the values.

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