Patent ID: 8255426

Claim:
A method for storing a data, comprising: including an attribute in a combined set of more than one attributes, wherein the set of attributes is associated with an object, wherein including the attribute includes converting the attribute to be in a format associated with the combined set of attributes; and storing the combined set of attributes in a single database cell not specific to any one attribute in the combined set, wherein the single database cell comprises a single database field, wherein the database cell is a portion of a first database table including one or more attributes associated with a superclass of a class associated with the object, wherein the first database table is different from a second database table including one or more attributes associated with the object other than those in the combined set of attributes, wherein one or more attributes of the combined set are not required to be searchable in response to a database query for retrieval of an object associated with the combined set of attributes and wherein the retrieval of the object is based at least on searching at least one attribute not included in the combined set of attributes.