Patent ID: 6901428
Filing Date: 2005-05-31
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: an interface to receive a request from a client system for information in a database system; and a controller to format metadata associated with the requested information into a format for display in the client system, wherein said controller is adapted to map plural data types defined by the database system to corresponding files types to enable presentation in the client system of an object having an associated data type retrieved from the database system, wherein said controller is adapted to further map plural data types to the corresponding files types based on a table having multiple entries each associating a data type defined by the database system with a file extension corresponding to a respective file type, and wherein the controller is adapted to create a file name for the object, the file name containing the file extension mapped for the data type of the object, and to send a file having the file name to the client system, the file containing the object.