Generic editor for databases

US8386429B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• William A. Manis · Sammamish, US
• Lonny Bastien · Bellevue, US
• Antony S. Williams · Redmond, US
• Anthony Christopher Bloesch · Vashon, US
• Gunter Leeb · Redmond, US
• Haroon Ahmed · Bellevue, US
• Randy S. Kimmerly · Woodinville, US
• Arye Gittelman · Hanover, US
• Donald F. Box · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 2009
• Grant date: Feb 26, 2013
• Expiry date: Jul 11, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/211
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Facilitating generic database editing to allow for data to be received from a user for entry into a database without requiring the data to conform to schema constraints for the database. A method includes examining a first schema for a first database. The first schema including a first set of constraints specified in the first schema on data to be entered into the first database. The method further includes, based on the examination, constructing a second database corresponding to the first database. The second database is associated with a second schema with a second set of constraints. The second set of constraints is a relaxed version of the first set of constraints specified in the first schema.