Method and system for updating data on an information appliance based on changes in local and remote data sources
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    发明申请
    Method and system for updating data on an information appliance based on changes in local and remote data sources 审中-公开
    根据本地和远程数据源的变化更新信息设备上的数据的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20030187964A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-10-02

    申请号:US10002897

    申请日:2001-10-31

    IPC分类号: G06F015/177

    摘要: A method and system for updating data on an information appliance based on changes in local and remote data sources. The information appliance contains a set of rules These rules allow it to define links between its existing data and local and remote data sources. Using these links it can automatically gather data from these sources using context sensitive queries that are directly relevant to the current state of the information appliance. These updates can modify any data items within the system. These updates can either directly alter these data items or modify metadata about the data items, such as the set of possible values for the item. They can do this implicitly and immediately, or explicitly after the user reviews a summary of the new data and chooses to add the information using a single action. The links themselves are data items within the system. These links are defined using a structured representation and so can themselves be sent around the network. The application can therefore use the same mechanism to ask for both basis data and link specifications which can be used to gather further data. Embodiments of the invention are described.

    摘要翻译: 一种基于本地和远程数据源的变化更新信息设备上的数据的方法和系统。 信息设备包含一组规则这些规则允许它定义其现有数据与本地和远程数据源之间的链接。 使用这些链接,它可以使用与信息设备的当前状态直接相关的上下文相关查询来自动收集来自这些来源的数据。 这些更新可以修改系统内的任何数据项。 这些更新可以直接更改这些数据项或修改关于数据项的元数据,例如项目的可能值集合。 他们可以在用户查看新数据的摘要之后隐含地立即或明确地执行此操作,并选择使用单个操作添加信息。 链接本身是系统内的数据项。 这些链接使用结构化表示进行定义,因此本身可以在网络周围发送。 因此,应用程序可以使用相同的机制来询问可用于收集更多数据的基础数据和链接规范。 对本发明的实施例进行说明。