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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1990
Soren J Tirfing, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Wayne C Gramlich, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A database system for text files is employed which comprises a compiler which receives as input a description of the source file types or languages and search filter and outputs a tag set definition file and filter file to be used by the browsing mechanism. The tags set definition file is input to the database builder mechanism and is used by the database builder to select and translate the information from the input source file to a database component file. Thus, by providing a description of the source file type, any type of source file in any language can be input to the database system of the present invention to generate a database component file which may be subsequently reviewed and searched by the same browsing mechanism.