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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2003
Applicants:
Raymond Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Min Liu YE, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Raymond Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Min Liu Ye, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Agile Software Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for and method of searching for data in a multi-level hierarchical database coupled with a search engine is disclosed. The invention allows not only direct where-used searches in a multi-level hierarchical database for modified objects in a hierarchical database, but also indirect where-used searches for a target object or objects that are modified directly by a user or that are modified indirectly due to modifications of an object and objects with a higher hierarchy than the target object or objects.