Patent ID: 6134549
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for managing access to data in a database, the database residing on a computer system, the computer system including a server system and one or more client systems, the method comprising the steps:when a user signs on to the computer system from one of the one or more client systems, verifying the user by the steps including:identifying the user; andassociating a profile with the user, wherein the profile is unique to the user and contains meta data providing for the user a plurality of programmable views of and mappings to elements of the database, the profile residing on the server system;retrieving a subset of the meta data according to the profile;modifying an interface for the user in an application executing on the client based on the subset of the meta data;generating a data request based on the subset of the meta data;translating the data request on the client system according to the contents of the profile;creating a data results set on the server system by servicing the translated data request on the server system;translating the data results set on the client system according to the contents of the profile to generate a translated data results set; anddisplaying the translated data results set on a display device of the client system.