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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:
Nov. 05, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1994
Jacqueline M Antis, Palos Park, IL (US);
Stephen G Eick, Naperville, IL (US);
John D Pyrce, Naperville, IL (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for visually displaying structural characteristics of a large database for visualizing areas where new developments may be added, or finding places where old developments may need to be re-structured or replaced. This method and apparatus shows the entire structure without showing the entire semantics, which would be too much information. Semantic information is available in other windows that can be opened after the focus of the analysis is selected. After selection, the semantic information is displayed in a focused manner also. This is accomplished by referencing the selected relation to the location of that relation in the database specification or in the relational data base management system (RDBM) application code.