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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1994
Robert F Familiar, Sudbury, MA (US);
Dun & Bradstreet Software Services, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A new computerized object oriented technology is provided. The present invention introduces an apparatus and process for creating an object representative of a set of command interfaces for a database centric item, and an apparatus and process for interfacing the database centric object across a variety of computer applications. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a three category structure to create and access the database centric objects. Each category contains classes which are used to define components (objects) corresponding to the database centric object. The objects further contain methods and properties for accessing the database centric item in response to requests from an application program.