Patent ID: 6148308
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
In an interactive data entry system wherein a user is presented with a data entry screen, a method for selecting and representing time-varying data from a time-relational database management system having a plurality of timestamped versions of master, pending, and history records each comprising at least one data field and displayable at least in part as logical records, comprising the steps of:a. initially displaying on the data entry screen a logical master record as a current record with a default attribute;b. enabling selection by the user of one of a pending record or history record by timestamp version as a selected record, and in response to such selection:(1) reading the selected record;(2) comparing the data fields of the selected record to the corresponding data fields of the current record;(3) selecting as difference fields all data fields from the selected record that differ from the corresponding data fields of the current record;(4) displaying on the data entry screen the selected difference fields from the selected record overlaid on the corresponding data fields of the displayed current record to generate a next current record, the selected difference fields being displayed with an attribute distinct from the default attribute.