Patent ID: 7496556

Claim:
A control system for use with knowledge-based database systems, comprising: (a) an input and display device that is used by system users to interact with a knowledge-based database system; and (b) a service environment that is in communication with the input and display device, with the service environment including at least a communications layer for communications between the input and display device and knowledge-based database system when a predetermined communications language is used for such communication and the predetermined communications language is programmed by the system users to perform creation, deletion, or editing of system databases, with the system users programming the creation, deletion, or editing of system databases using the predetermined communications language without a need to have knowledge of a hierarchy of first or second database types of system databases of the knowledge-based database system; and (c) the knowledge-based database system, which includes system databases that are of two database types and a database management system, a first database type of system database for storage of data information according to a predetermined hierarchy that includes predetermined search controls to reduce a number of requests required to access, edit, or save data information in the first database type of system database, and a second database type of system database for storage of value information for controlling an ability to search the data information of the first database type of system database for the purpose of accessing, editing or saving data information in the first database type of system database without the value information stored in the second database type of system database having knowledge of the type of data information stored in the first database type of system database, and further with the first database type of system database being integrated with the second database type of system database for such accessing, editing, or saving data information in the first database type of system database.