Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Database and data structure management
Reexamination Certificate
2002-12-30
2010-11-16
Stace, Brent (Department: 2161)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Database and data structure management
C707S803000, C707S802000, C707S790000, C707S756000, C707S736000, C707S705000, C707S758000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07836103
ABSTRACT:
Techniques are described for exchanging data between software applications, such as project-related data between a project management software application (“PMSA”) and an unaffiliated organizational project tracking software application (“OPTSA”). A mapping and other related information may be defined for the data exchange, such as by defining data fields of the OPTSA database and PMSA data file that correspond, and optionally specifying related information such as additional processing to be performed for various data fields during the data exchange, conditions when a mapping is to be used, ordering information for data fields during import and/or export, preferred data formats for stored values, etc. Also, in some situations round-trip data import/export is performed for a single PMSA data file, which may include tracking whether data entity instances previously existed in the destination in order to support changes to stored inter-relationships between data entity instances.
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Fong James Gan
Li Jimin
Tse Kwong Ming
Wei Xuan
Wiegert Cory D.
Campbell Stephenson LLP
Siebel Systems Inc.
Stace Brent
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