Patent
1996-04-19
1998-04-28
Black, Thomas G.
395611, G06F 1730
Patent
active
057457557
ABSTRACT:
A method for constructing and maintaining a database for the recordation of events in a dynamic enterprise provides for the creation of a token of a predefined standard which identifies a subject of the database, its attributes, and its relation to other database subjects. Included in the token are fields corresponding to both the date of recordation of the subject matter of the token, as well as a reference date which defines the actual creation date of the subject of the token. Additional tokens are created for each event in which a database subject participates. The additional tokens also carry fields corresponding to both the recordation date and the reference date for the event memorialized. Stored tokens cannot be altered or erased from the system. The database provides a complete event-by-event historical record of the enterprise.
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Alam Hosain T.
Black Thomas G.
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