Method and system for aggregating tables having dissimilar forma

Details Method and system for aggregating tables having dissimilar forma Method and system for aggregating tables having dissimilar forma

1990-04-16

1993-12-21

Envall, Jr., Roy N.

Boots, shoes, and leggings

395146, 395600, G06F 1538, G06F 1500

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052726282

ABSTRACT:
The present invention contemplates a method and system for automatically aggregating tables having a variety of configurations or layouts into a single destination table. Specifically, tables having a variety of categories with multiple divisions within those categories may be combined wherein rows and columns are automatically created in a destination table based on the categories and divisions of one or more source tables. In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a plurality of source tables are selected as input to the system. A template containing categories and divisions for aggregation is then manually generated by a user or automatically generated by the computer system based on the categories and divisions contained within the source tables. Once the template is generated, mapping tables for rows and columns are created wherein each mapping table comprises an array of pairs of values wherein each pair comprises a first value for identifying a source table location and a second value for identifying a template location. The system then generates a single destination table by applying the mapping tables and by performing the desired mathematical function on the values in the source and destination tables (e.g., summing the values in the appropriate locations in the source and destination tables).

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patent: 4644471 (1987-02-01), Kojima et al.
patent: 5021995 (1991-06-01), Quint et al.
patent: 5033009 (1991-06-01), Dubnoff

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