Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database and file access – Record – file – and data search and comparisons
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-17
2011-11-08
Vital, Pierre (Department: 2156)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database and file access
Record, file, and data search and comparisons
C707S738000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08055674
ABSTRACT:
A fact repository contains facts having attributes and values and further having associated annotations, which are used, among other things, to vet facts in the repository and which can be returned in response to a query.
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Vital Pierre
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