Opinion ID: 6342579
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Heading: A method for operating a server comprising

Text: a processor for automatically generating an end-user interface for working with the data within a relational database defined within a relational DBMS whose data is stored in machine-read- able media and which is accessible to said server, wherein said relational database comprises a plurality of tables, constraints and relationships stored in said DBMS in accordance with a data model comprising said tables and their column- complements and datatypes, said constraints, and the relationships across said tables, and wherein said relational database may be of any arbitrary size or complexity, said method comprising (a) providing an output stream from said server, for user display and input devices, defining a user interface paradigm comprising a set of modes for in- teracting with a given database table, said modes comprising create, retrieve, update and delete, and a corresponding display format for each mode; (b) causing said server to scan said database and apply a body of rules to determine the ta- ble structures, constraints and relationships of said data model, and store representations Case: 21-1634 Document: 45 Page: 4 Filed: 05/20/2022 4 KAUFMAN v. MICROSOFT CORPORATION thereof in machine-readable media accessible to said server; and (c) causing said server to use said representations to construct a corresponding client application for access through said user display and input devices, wherein said client application provides a con- nection to said database, provides displays of the table contents of said database for each of said modes in accordance with the display formats of said paradigm, integrates into each said mode display processes for representing, navi- gating, and managing said relationships across tables, for selecting among said modes, and for navigating across said tables and interacting in accordance the selected mode with the data in the tables that are reached by said navigation, while observing and enforcing relational interdependencies among data across said tables. Id., col. 377, lines 2–38 (emphases added). As described in limitation (a), the interface created by the claimed method uses a known “CRUD” paradigm for categorizing the universe of user operations as “creating,” “retrieving,” “updating,” and “deleting” records in the database. See, e.g., J.A. 5162 (Microsoft documentation describing the accused product in terms of CRUD). The ’981 patent describes in detail a single embodiment of the claimed invention: an “implementation of the invention” called SCHEMALIVE™. ’981 patent, col. 4, lines 34– 38. The specification includes screen shots, id., Figs. 1–4, 7–8, 9A–9E, textual description, id., col. 4, line 51, through col. 26, line 52, and source code, id., col. 27, through col. 376, describing SCHEMALIVE™, although certain features that are described are not implemented in the code included in the patent, id., col. 4, lines 44–46. Case: 21-1634 Document: 45 Page: 5 Filed: 05/20/2022 KAUFMAN v. MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5 The patent claims priority to a provisional patent application filed in October 2000, and it issued on February 8, 2011. Id., title page.