Method, system, and computer program product for managing data associated with a document stored in an electronic form

Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product for managing data associated with a document stored in an electronic form. The document can be a part of a file. Computer processed algorithms, user-operated computer graphics tools, or both can be used to derive data from or assign data to the document or the file. First data is derived from the document, second data is assigned to the document, or both. The first data, the second data, or both are organized as attributes of an object of a first computer database. At least one attribute is organized as a child object of the object. The at least one attribute is associated with a feature of the document. Optionally, an attribute is moved from the object of the first computer database to an object of a second computer database and an address of a location in a memory at which the object of the second computer database is stored is added as a new attribute of the object of the first computer database.

1 . A method for managing related data stored in a plurality of computer databases in a computer processor system having a memory and an output device, comprising:
 (1) organizing a first portion of the related data as an attribute of an object of a first computer database of the plurality of computer databases stored in the memory of the computer processor system;   (2) organizing a second portion of the related data as a first attribute of an object of a second computer database of the plurality of computer databases stored in the memory of the computer processor system; and   (3) including as a second attribute of the object of the second computer database, an address of a location in the memory of the computer processor system at which the object of the first computer database is stored;   wherein the first portion of the related data is different from the second portion of the related data and the second computer database is configured so that a result of a query of the object of the second computer database is produced on the output device of the computer processor system at a higher rate than a result of a query of the object of the first computer database;   wherein attribute of the object of the first computer database and the first attribute of the object of the second computer database are configured to be stored in the memory of the computer processor system.   
   
   
       2 . A computer processor system having a memory and an output device for managing related data stored in a plurality of computer databases, comprising:
 the memory of the computer processor system being configured to store a first computer database and a second computer database; and   a computer database management system coupled to the memory of the computer processor system and configured to organize a first portion of the related data as an attribute of an object of the first computer database, to organize a second portion of the related data as a first attribute of an object of the second computer database, and to include, as a second attribute of the object of the second computer database, an address of a location in the memory of the computer processor system at which the object of the first computer database is stored;   wherein the first portion of the related data is different from the second portion of the related data and the second computer database is configured so that a result of a query of the object of the second computer database is produced on the output device at a higher rate than a result of a query of the object of the first computer database.   
   
   
       3 . A computer program product for managing related data stored in a plurality of computer databases, the computer program product having computer program code means embodied in a computer-readable medium of the plurality of computer databases in a computer processor system having a memory and an output device, the computer program code means comprising:
 a first program code means for organizing a first portion of the related data as an attribute of an object of a first computer database stored in the memory of the computer processor system;   a second program code means for organizing a second portion of the related data as a first attribute of an object of a second computer database stored in the memory of the computer processor system; and   a third program code means for including, as a second attribute of the object of the second computer database, an address of a location in the memory of the computer processor system at which the object of the first computer database is stored;   wherein the first portion of the related data is different from the second portion of the related data and the second computer database is configured so that a result of a query of the object of the second computer database is produced on an output device at a higher rate than a result of a query of the object of the first computer database.   
   
   
       4 . A method for managing data associated with a document stored in an electronic form in a computer processor system having a memory and an output device, comprising:
 (1) assigning data to the document with at least one of a computer processed algorithm and a user-operated computer graphics tool;   (2) organizing the data as first attributes of a parent object of a computer database stored in the memory of the computer processor system; and   (3) organizing at least one attribute of the first attributes of the parent object as a child object, wherein the at least one attribute is associated with a feature of the document;   wherein the computer database is configured so that a result of a query of the child object of the computer database is produced on the output device at a higher rate than a result of a query of the parent object of the first computer database.   
   
   
       5 . A system for managing data associated with a document stored in an electronic form in a computer processor system having a memory and an output device, comprising:
 a document data interface coupled to the memory and configured to support assigning data to the document;   a computer database management system coupled to the memory of the computer processor system and configured to organize the data as a plurality of attributes of a parent object of a computer database stored in the memory of the computer processor system, and to organize at least one attribute of the plurality of attributes as a child object of the parent object, wherein the at least one attribute is associated with a feature of the document; and   the memory of the computer processor system being configured to store the document, the computer database, and the data;   wherein the computer database is configured so that a result of a query of the child object of the computer database is produced on the output device at a higher rate than a result of a query of the parent object of the computer database.   
   
   
       6 . A computer program product for managing data associated with a document stored in an electronic form, the computer program product having computer program code means embodied in a computer useable medium in a computer processor system having a memory and an output device, the computer program code means comprising:
 a first program code means for assigning data to the document with at least one of a computer processed algorithm and a user-operated computer graphics tool;   a second program code means for organizing the data as first attributes of a parent object of a computer database stored in the memory of the computer processor system; and   a third program code means for organizing at least one attribute of the first attributes as a child object of the parent object, wherein the at least one attribute is associated with a feature of the document;   wherein the first, second and third program code means are stored in the memory of the computer processor system and the computer database is configured so that a result of a query of the child object of the computer database is produced on the output device at a higher rate than a result of a query of the parent object of the computer database.