US Patent 8738663 Rule-based transformation of metadata

Patent 8738663 was granted and assigned to Oracle on May, 2014 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Oracle

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

87386630

Patent Inventor Names

Zandro Luis Gonzalez0

Xiaoge Zhang0

Date of Patent

May 27, 2014

Patent Application Number

107543550

Date Filed

January 9, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Syed Hasan

Patent abstract

A computer automatically reads each object in a metadata that is descriptive of a database. Then the computer automatically applies a number of rules, to check if the object triggers a rule. If so, then the computer automatically changes the metadata as per an action identified by the triggered rule. After all rules are applied to the object, and after all objects in the metadata are processed, the resulting metadata is used to change the database's structure. The objects may be read from the metadata in an order (e.g. hierarchy) specified in meta-metadata that is descriptive of the metadata.