Database query user interface to assist in efficient and accurate query construction
US8447775B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 13, 2003 |
| Grant date | May 21, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 12, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/243
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A database query user interface combines the user convenience of simple text searching with the expressive refinements of powerful query language. The database query user interface includes a query text string input from a user including one or more terms of a chunk expression language format. The database query user interface further includes a syntactical prompt for constructing a multi-element chunk expression language database query that is syntactically correct and complete and includes the text string input from the user. For example, the syntactical prompt is selected from the database based upon a weighted analysis of database information relating to database elements included in the text string input from the user. A database query formed according to the present user interface may then be persisted or stored as a database query object.
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