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US6671691:
Method and apparatus for expression building editors
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Bigus, Joseph Phillip; Rochester, MN
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| Assignee: |
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY
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| Published / Filed: |
2003-12-30
/ 1998-06-04
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| Application Number: |
US1998000090680
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
G06F 17/30;
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IPC-7:
G06F 17/30;
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| ECLA Code: |
G06F17/30S4F5;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
707/102;
707/100;
707/101;
715/700;
715/961;
Original:
707/102;
707/100;
707/101;
345/700;
345/961;
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| Field of Search: |
345/340,700,961
395/076
707/102,101,100
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| Priority Number: |
| 1998-06-04 |
US1998000090680 |
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| Abstract: |
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a method and an apparatus for a user-friendly expression builder GUI is disclosed. The preferred embodiment GUI design enables users to construct syntactically valid expressions, without any knowledge of expression syntax. The preferred embodiment provides generic expressions, which serve as starting points in expression building. Each generic expression is a syntactically correct expression containing generic parameters. The GUI user customizes the syntactically correct generic expression, by replacing the generic parameters with parameters specific to the database task at hand. The preferred embodiment provides lists of such specific parameters, including lists of field names and constants, which are selected to build the expression.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts, LLP ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Coby, Frantz;
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A method for building syntactically correct expressions, said method comprising executing the following steps by a computer processor in the indicated sequential order:
- providing a plurality of generic expressions, each of said plurality of genetic expressions including at least one genetic argument,
- allowing user selection of a generic expression of said plurality of generic expressions;
- providing a plurality of specific arguments relating to said selected generic expression;
- allowing user selection of a specific argument of said plurality of specific arguments relating to said selected generic expression;
- allowing user selection of a generic argument of said at least one generic argument, for subsequent replacement of said generic argument in said selected generic expression with said selected specific argument, and
- replacing said selected generic argument in said selected generic expression with said selected specific argument.
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