System and method for using a relational database to enable the dynamic configuration of an application program

US6266675A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• PhyCom Corporation · US

Inventors

• Arnold K. Evans · Kent, US
• John Martin Peters · Seattle, US
• Dwight John Barker · Issaquah, US
• William Keith Weinberger · Redmond, US
• William Goodell Barnum · Seattle, US
• Jennifer Chu-hu · Redmond, US
• David E. West · Anacortes, US
• Joseph Rommel Cordero · Seattle, US
• Mary J. Ledbury · Ephrata, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 7, 1997
• Grant date: Jul 24, 2001
• Expiry date: Oct 7, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99948
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A computer-based system for using a relational database to dynamically configure an application program easily comprises a relational database including first table means containing first data, second table means containing configuration data, and an engine coupled to the relational database for using the configuration data to configure manipulation of the first data. The engine uses the configuration data to configure the appearance of the user interface, to configure the fields being displayed, to configure the expected type of information to be received, to configure the privileges of the user, to configure the column headers, etc.