External data store link for a profile service
US6343287B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 19, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99944
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A profile service, instance is linked to a plurality of external data stores. Each external data store is associated with a predefined data store connector class that describes a connector object that establishes a link and provides methods to query the associated data store. An external data store profile is created in the profile service that names the connector class. An external data store reference object is created in the profile service instance that identifies the external data store profile and a number of parameters that specify particular data desired from the external data store. A profile within the profile service instance includes an attribute that names the data store reference object. When the attribute is evaluated, the data store reference object is instantiated, optionally using parameters specified at runtime, and passed as a parameter to an instance of the data store connector class identified by the external data store profile. The external data store connector instance applies the query methods to retrieve the desired data and return the desired data to the data store reference object. The profile service instance uses the returned data as the value of the a…
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