Abstract: A computer-based system for using a relational database to dynamically configure an application program easily comprises a relational database including first table means containing first data, second table means containing configuration data, and an engine coupled to the relational database for using the configuration data to configure manipulation of the first data. The engine uses the configuration data to configure the appearance of the user interface, to configure the fields being displayed, to configure the expected type of information to be received, to configure the privileges of the user, to configure the column headers, etc.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 7, 1997
Date of Patent:
July 24, 2001
Assignee:
PhyCom Corporation
Inventors:
Arnold Kerry Evans, John Martin Peters, Dwight John Barker, William Keith Weinberger, William Goodell Barnum, Jennifer Chu-hu, David E. West, Joseph Rommel Cordero, Mary J. Ledbury