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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2003
Kumar Vora, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajesh Raman, San Jose, CA (US);
Prakash Ramamurthy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Praveen R. Swadi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael J. Shandony, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vrinda S. Joshi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Shahram Moatazedi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Adam C. Stone, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kumar Vora, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajesh Raman, San Jose, CA (US);
Prakash Ramamurthy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Praveen R. Swadi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael J. Shandony, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vrinda S. Joshi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Shahram Moatazedi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Adam C. Stone, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for implementing a corporate directory and service center is described. The method includes and the apparatus performs querying for common characteristics, displaying information in a varied manner of displays and switching between the manners of displaying, maintaining data integrity and changing data, and defining types of data with forms of display or treatments for handling the data. The method may be embodied in various media as instructions which a machine may execute to perform the method.