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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
May. 02, 2011
Tse-hsin Jason Liu, Wellesley, MA (US);
Wei Miao, Lexington, MA (US);
Tse-Hsin Jason Liu, Wellesley, MA (US);
Wei Miao, Lexington, MA (US);
Verizon Business Network Services Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
In one of many possible implementations, an exemplary method comprises maintaining a baseline data structure comprising a plurality of baseline data records and a base set of relationships between the baseline data records, providing, for access by an external party, a customizable data structure comprising copies of the baseline data records and a customizable set of relationships between the copies of the baseline data records, fixing the base set of relationships in the baseline data structure to be unchangeable by the external party, and defining the customizable set of relationships in the customizable data structure to be changeable by the external party. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.