Patent ID: 7016901
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A distributed database management system comprising: at least one host platform disposed at a first site, at least one storage facility disposed at a second site remote from said first site, and at least one user platform disposed at a third site remote from said first and second sites, said storage facility and said user platform being computer network coupled to said host platform for communication therewith; said storage facility retrievably storing therein a plurality of electronic data files for respectively generating graphic images of different form; said host platform being programmably configured to automatically control access to said electronic data files by said user platform, said host platform maintaining a system index table containing for each said electronic data file at least one file record of identifying attributes corresponding thereto, said attributes including an alphanumeric document identifier, a document sheet indicator, and a document revision indicator, said host platform being operable to automatically generate said file record in accordance with a preselected set of configurational parameters in a manner corresponding to the form of said electronic data file; said host platform including first and second builder components selectively operable to generate said file records respectively for said electronic data files acquired from a printed medium and from an electronically stored medium, said file records being entered in said system index table; said host platform including a plurality of application modules selectively executable responsive to actuation by said user platform, said host platform being operable thereby to selectively retrieve at least portions of said electronic data files for graphic reproduction at said user platform, said application modules including a module for searching said system index table responsive to a search query generated by said user platform pertaining to at least one said graphic image; wherein said application modules of said host platform are concurrently accessible to a plurality of said user platforms, said application modules being maintained as fully multi-threaded dynamically linked libraries (DLLs).