Patent ID: 6408302
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
An automated system for mapping a plurality of database fields from an arbitrary ODBC-compliant database to a plurality of attributes in a knowledge base having a known data attribute format for use in a computer system, said automated database mapping system comprising:a database selection interface displayed on a system user display, said database selection interface for allowing a system user to select a database to map to said knowledge base having said known data attribute format; a data attribute mapping interface displayed on said system user display, said data attribute mapping interface for displaying a plurality of data attributes included in said knowledge base and to allow said system user to select at least one displayed data attribute to map to at least one data field in said arbitrary database; an edit field mapping interface displayed on said system user display, said edit field mapping interface configured to display said at least one selected data attribute and to allow said system user to select a database field to map to each said displayed data attribute; and data map memory for storing each of said database fields mapped to each said data attribute.