Patent ID: 7181457

Claim:
A system for managing access to database information, comprising: a first data storage device storing a database, the first data storage device comprising a storage device coupled to a server system; a second data storage device storing a local database cache, wherein at least a portion of the local database cache comprises a compressed cache portion and an uncompressed cache portion where the uncompressed cache portion is less than the full local database cache, wherein the second data storage device comprises a local storage device coupled to a client system in a client-server environment, wherein the local database cache is utilized by the client system, and wherein the entire local database cache comprises compressed data and there is no uncompressed data; and a database management system controlling data transfers between the database stored by the first data storage device and the local database cache stored by the second data storage device and between the compressed portion of the local database cache and the uncompressed portion of the local database cache, if any, to manage accesses to database information by the client system, wherein the database management system comprises the client system.