Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1997-07-12
1999-09-14
Amsbury, Wayne
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
707100, 707104, 364146, G06F 1730
Patent
active
059537256
ABSTRACT:
The invention concerns multimedia kiosk (newsstand) systems where single system units are interconnected via a telecommunication network. The objective is to enable updating of all information and/or the network interconnection structure between the system units during run-time.
The invention solves this problem, by common dynamic management of both the configuration data and the information contents in an object-oriented database. The provision of all system functionalities as an object-oriented database enables the kiosk contents in an individual kiosk to be updated, or configuration data, e.g. network addresses to be notified-during run-time. For updating it is only necessary to transfer a so-called "version file" at a particular point in time to one or more terminals via the network. The database operations indicated in the version file are then executed at the terminal in the background, step by step. The step by step procedure for updating the information contents of a kiosk system unit guarantees--in contrast to a total replacement of the information--shorter updating times and a lower network load, since a much smaller amount of data has to be sent.
It should be emphasized that the updating of a system take place ONLINE, i.e. the kiosk application does not have to be shut down.
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Eprahim Peter Agha
Meschzan Doris
Sander Peter
Alam Shahid
Amsbury Wayne
Drumheller Ronald L.
International Business Machines Incorporated
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