Patent · US Expired

Method for storing and managing data

US6754648B1 · kind B1 · utility

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24Claims

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Assignee

SOFTWARE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Klaus Fittges · Pfungstadt, DE
Jurgen Harbarth · Darmstadt, DE
Harlad Schoning · Dieburg, DE
Horst Kinzinger · Reinheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 22, 2000
Grant date	Jun 22, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 22, 2021

Classification

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

Abstract

A method for storing and managing data on a storage medium connected to a computer system, wherein the data consists of a plurality of data elements and a plurality of tags, wherein each of the data elements is assigned one of the tags to form a plurality of pairs each consisting of at least one of the data elements and one of the tags, wherein each of the pairs is assigned a position in a hierarchical structure, wherein each of the pairs is stored and managed on the storage medium together with a pair-individual hierarchy indicator indicating the position of the pair in the hierarchical structure. Furthermore, a computer program for carrying out this method and a data carrier storing such a program are provided.

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