Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Reexamination Certificate
1998-11-30
2001-07-24
Alam, Hosain T. (Department: 2172)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C709S203000, C709S217000, C717S152000, C717S152000, C717S152000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06266661
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of database management systems, in particular to a database having a hierarchical tree of configuration files.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Applications are frequently distributed across many different computer systems. Such applications require access to configuration data in a timely and fault-tolerant manner. Configuring these applications can be complicated and time-consuming because many individual configuration settings may have to be provided. Also, relationships may exist between the configuration data located on different computers that have to be established and maintained over time.
Although configuring applications requiring either editing text files that are read by the applications or updating the system registry with the appropriate configuration settings have generally been accepted, such systems are prone to error and are quite time consuming since the required operations are usually performed manually on a machine-by-machine basis.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is providing a system for applications to access configuration data in a timely and fault-tolerant manner.
Another object of the present invention is providing a method for performing an operation on a requested file in a hierarchical tree.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method for processing a lower-level file utilizing configuration data of a higher-level file in a hierarchical tree.
An aspect of the present invention provides an application configuration system including a database, a preprocessed configuration (“PPC”) service processor that communicates with the database, a data exchange system preprocessed configuration application program interface (“DEX PPC API”) that communicates with the PPC service processor, and an application that communicates with the DEX PPC API. A plurality of files having configuration data are stored in the database in a hierarchical arrangement.
Another aspect of the present invention includes a method for performing an operation on a requested file stored in a hierarchical tree with other files. The method includes constructing a path between a requested file and a root node of the hierarchical tree, processing each of a plurality of files that are included in the path in order from the root node of the hierarchical tree to the requested file, and constructing a result set of the requested file. The processing of each file includes adding or replacing in a resultant file a first set of values associated with keywords in a lower-level file being processed instead of a second set of values associated with corresponding keywords in an upper-level file. The processing of each file of the present invention may also include adding to the resultant file a keyword/value pair of the lower-level file for a keyword not in a corresponding section of the higher-level file.
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Boone Duane
Keller Stephen
Lewish Keith
Alam Hosain T.
Alam Shahid
Baker & McKenzie
PLATINUM technology IP, Inc.
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