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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2006
Wayne Sipe, Mansfield, TX (US);
Ben F. Bruce, Arlington, TX (US);
Shahrom Kiani, Arlington, TX (US);
Alan E. O'martin, Coppell, TX (US);
Gary Allen, Arlington, TX (US);
John J. Mampe, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Wayne Sipe, Mansfield, TX (US);
Ben F. Bruce, Arlington, TX (US);
Shahrom Kiani, Arlington, TX (US);
Alan E. O'Martin, Coppell, TX (US);
Gary Allen, Arlington, TX (US);
John J. Mampe, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented system for maintaining a set of databases includes a first server that stores a master database of records that is updated on an intermittent basis, a second server that stores a computer-searchable, enhanced database of the same records as the master database, means for receiving intermittent updates from the master database and incorporating the updates into the enhanced database, means for electronically inputting information from sources other than the master database into the enhanced database, the information from other sources is more recent than information in the master database means and for revising the enhanced database to contain such more recent information and means for distributing information from the enhanced database to one or more subscriber servers.