System and method for providing a virtual database environment and generating digital map information

A digital map and database technology, applied in digital data information retrieval, geographic information database, structured data retrieval, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-05-20
TELE ATLAS NORTH AMERICA
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[0043] As disclosed herein, a system and method for providing digital map information is described. A "virtual database system" (VDB) strikes a balance between allowing map data (often from various sources) to be integrated in a consistent manner for provision to end users while ensuring that the entity best able to support a particular data source retains control over said data Opposite considerations. Specifically, a VDB allows shared control and ownership (or in some cases, delegated control and ownership) of each component that will become a digital map provider and one or more third parties or between several third parties. The final total map product between the three parties. According to an embodiment, the VDB environment enables third-party data providers to easily associate or geocode or otherwise locate their data or "third-party files" onto a digital map provider's "base map" or "reference file," This allows the creation of dynamic relationships between digital m...

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A system and method for providing a virtual map database, referred to herein as the ''Virtual Database System'' (VDB). The VDB allows integration of map data, often from various sources, in a consistent manner for supply to an end user, while simultaneously ensuring that the entity best able to support a particular data source retains control over the data. In accordance with an embodiment, the VDB environment enables third-party data providers to associate their third-party-files with a base map or file-of-reference, thereby allowing for the creation of dynamic relationships between digital map features and other third-party data providers. The integration may be performed in a dynamic or real-time fashion, receiving up-to-date information from the various sources, creating links, and composing virtual maps, as needed or on-demand. Since the information is linked between the map providers and the various third parties, whenever an item of information or a link between items is updated in either the file-of-reference or in one of the third-party files, that updated information can be propagated back to all of the third-parties for further use in their software applications.

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[0001] Copyright Notice [0002] Portions of the disclosure of this patent document contain material that is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction of any of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent files or records, but otherwise reserves all copyrights. [0003] claim of priority [0004] This application claims the 11th / US Patent Application No. 742,937 asserting the title "SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL DATABASE" filed May 2, 2006 ENVIRONMENT ANDGENERATING DIGITAL MAP INFORMATION), which is incorporated herein by reference. technical field [0005] The present invention relates to systems for providing digital maps, and in particular to systems and methods for providing digital map information using virtual database technology. Background technique [0006] Working with digital geographic or map data has become commonplace in modern...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F7/00G06F3/048G06F3/0484
CPCG06F17/30241G06F16/29G06F15/16G06F9/06G06F7/00
Inventor 吉尔·富克斯埃蒂·埃廷格艾伦·达勒·布朗埃里克·克里斯托弗·克罗
Owner TELE ATLAS NORTH AMERICA
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