Patent ID: 7330853
Filing Date: 2008-02-12
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for storage of related data comprising: one or more processing units; a system memory, wherein the system memory is coupled to the one or more processing units and wherein the system comprises: an entity object having an entity attribute, wherein the entity attribute has an associated lineage tag; a plurality of record objects, each record object having a record attribute value; a user interface module communicating the value in the entity attribute; a precedence data structure having an ordered set of transfer options, wherein the precedence data structure contains a plurality of ranked transfer options; and a data management engine selecting one of the transfer options to populate the entity attribute using a record attribute value, wherein the selecting is based on information contained in the lineage tag of the entity object, and wherein populating the entity attribute comprises populating the entity attribute in the entity object using an entity attribute population rule defined in the selected transfer option, whereby populating the entity attribute facilitates keeping the value in the entity attribute up to date.