Patent ID: 7454428
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A relational database management system comprising computer readable storage media for storing instructions executable by a processor for storing and analyzing network data stored in relational tables that describe a set of nodes and links forming a network wherein each of said nodes represents an object of interest and each of said links represents a relationship between two of said nodes, said computer readable storage media storing: a generic node table containing a plurality of node table rows each of which contains data describing a given node in said set of nodes, a generic link table containing a plurality of link table rows each of which contains data describing a link between two nodes in said set of nodes and further identifying the two node table rows in said generic node table that contain data describing each of said two nodes, and wherein said instructions executable by a processor implement an application program interface which enables external executing application programs to create said generic node table and said generic link table, to store data describing nodes in said generic node table, to store data describing links between said nodes in said generic link table, and to perform a plurality of standard operations on the data in said generic node table and said generic link table.