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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004

Filed:

May. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:

Jean-Louis Ardoin, Clamart, FR;

Richard M. Eade, Madison, AL (US);

Robert Patience, Hunrsville, AL (US);

Alain Falasse, Paris, FR;

Dave L. Brann, Huntsville, AL (US);

Gerard J. Attilio, Madison, AL (US);

Alfredo Arce, Madison, AL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/780 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/780 ;
Abstract

A method for maintaining relationships between entities in a computer system, each entity having a plurality nodes, includes the steps of: modifying one of the plurality of nodes; searching for a plurality of dependent nodes from the plurality of nodes coupled to the one node; ordering the plurality of dependent nodes into an order; and evaluating the plurality of dependent nodes in the order.


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