Patent ID: 8027980

Claim:
A method for data assignment in a computer system, the method comprising: providing the computer system including a computing unit, a data object component for managing a set of data objects, and an interface unit interconnecting the computing unit and the data object component, the interface unit containing segment relation data for data objects in said set of data objects, the segment relation data being based on keys or rules that concern a segment classification; dividing the data objects of said set of data objects into a plurality of segment types, each of the segment types among the plurality of segment types having one or more segments according to the segment classification, the segments being a subset of the set of data objects and related to the segment types, the data objects being divided into segments according to selectable criteria; creating, in said data object component, an inventory assignment of said segments, the inventory assignment of the segments being retrieved based on the keys or rules in the segment relation data and the segment classification; and based on an assignment inquiry by said computing unit, assigning, in the interface unit, one or more of said segments being inquired for.