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Database creating method using image information

US5930799A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateApr 17, 1997
Grant dateJul 27, 1999
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Expiry dateApr 17, 2017

Classification

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

Abstract

Representative item information concerning an item name represented on a form, parts control information for controlling a part or input/output area forming a display screen for inputting data to a database, and data attribute information including field name and data type referred to in defining a table in the database, are created for each item name beforehand. In accordance with an input from a user for image information of the form inputted beforehand, there is generated link information which includes positional information for distinguishing a position on the image information and sub referential information for distinguishing a field of the database. On the parts control information, a part is displayed on the image information displayed on a display device. A table of the database is defined on the basis of the data attribute information.

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