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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:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1994
Steven A Linstead, North Prairie, WI (US);
Gregory B James, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Johnson Service Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a method for providing an indication of the occurrence of events within a database system. The database system stores data accessible by a plurality of users and in a plurality of data formats. The method comprises the steps of periodically reading a storage location within the database, detecting a data structure stored in the storage location and reading the data structure. The method further includes the steps of converting the data structure from the first data format to a second data format and providing the indication to at least one user, the indication including at least a portion of the data structure.