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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1996
Toshikatsu Suzuki, Nakai-machi, JP;
Yoshifumi Matsunaga, Nakai-machi, JP;
Shinichiro Taniguchi, Nakai-machi, JP;
Eiji Ishida, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Ishima, Nakai-machi, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A data management system which enables a user to flexibly make corresponding relation between data stored in a existing database, and a data file and a program for processing the data file, is disclosed. A user register in advance corresponding relation between a data unit stored in a existing database, and a data file and a program for processing the data file, both of which exist outside of said first database. After the retrieval of the data unit from the existing database, if the corresponding relation for the retrieved data unit is registered, the program related to the data unit is activated for processing the related data file in response to the user's instruction.