Patent ID: 8655900

Claim:
A method comprising: outputting a graphical user interface, via a web browser, using information obtained from a network service over a network, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to manage data in a database associated with a database management system via the network; enabling, via the web browser, access to the data, including search and modification of the data, over the network through the graphical user interface comprising a query user interface; gathering operating input in the graphical user interface that conforms to a markup language, via the web browser, for manipulation of the data subsequent to the enabling access to the data; and providing, via the web browser, the operating input to a universal data management interface which is implemented through a universal data management interface engine program, wherein the universal data management interface engine program is configured to convert the operating input from a form conforming to the markup language into a compatible database query language used in the database associated with the database management system.