Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1997-01-16
1999-09-21
Amsbury, Wayne
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
707 3, 707 5, 707 7, 395708, G06F 1700
Patent
active
059567112
ABSTRACT:
A system for use with a database selects keywords from a restricted keyword list for both updating and searching (i.e. bi-directional keyword translation). A keyword translator accepts a user entered keyword and selects a restricted keyword for use (e.g., entry or search) with a database. The keyword entered may be chosen by the user based on the user's preference. The system compares the user-entered keyword with a list of restricted keywords to determine whether there exists in the list of restricted keywords a matching restricted keyword corresponding to the user-entered keyword. If there is a restricted keyword in the list of restricted keywords that corresponds to the user-entered keyword, the system selects the matching restricted keyword for use with the database. If there is not a matching restricted keyword in the list of restricted keywords corresponding to the user-entered keyword, the system compares the user-entered keyword with a list of synonyms to find in the list of synonyms a synonym that corresponds to the user-entered keyword. Each synonym in the list is associated with a restricted keyword. If a synonym corresponding to the user-entered keyword is found, the system selects, for use with the database, the restricted keyword associated with (or corresponding to) the synonym found.
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Aponte Carlos D.
Saltz Ivan K.
Sullivan Walter J.
Amsbury Wayne
Jung David Yiuk
Smith John C.
Sullivan, III Walter J.
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