The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1997
Michael J Cincinatus, Toronto, CA;
Serge Boivin, Toronto, CA;
Margaret H Li, Richmond Hill, CA;
Richard W Hedges, Scarborough, CA;
K Bernhard Schiefer, Scarborough, CA;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for externalizing database monitor information, and a database management system incorporating the method, which utilizes the database system's own data manipulation and retrieval system is disclosed. Monitor information is logically available in pseudotable form which may be accessed as any other data. However pseudotables do not actually exist; rather the result set is constructed when a request is made to select from a pseudotable. A predefined format for each pseudotables is stored in the database catalog tables and is used in constructing the tuples from existing internal data structures which are constantly updated with monitor data.