Integrated Database Schema and Data View Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current database management systems lack intuitive and integrated graphical user interfaces for visual manipulation of database schemas and data records, making it difficult for users to efficiently modify and manage database structures and data simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
A system that displays both schema and data views in an integrated graphical user interface on a display device, allowing users to receive touch inputs to modify the schema or data records, and updates both views simultaneously, enabling users to create, delete, and configure data fields directly within the interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional database management systems use separate tools for schema manipulation and data manipulation, then functional specialization is achieved, but user interface integration and operational efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines schema manipulation tools and data manipulation tools into a single integrated graphical user interface. The system displays both schema view and data view within the same interface, allowing users to manipulate database structure and data simultaneously without switching between separate applications, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining manageable system complexity through unified architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The graphical user interface is designed to perform multiple functions: displaying schema information, displaying data records, accepting touch inputs for schema modification, and accepting touch inputs for data manipulation. This multi-functional interface eliminates the need for separate specialized tools while providing comprehensive database management capabilities in one system.
2Productivity
If users manipulate schema and data separately in different tools, then tool specialization is maintained, but productivity and time efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
By merging schema manipulation and data manipulation into one integrated interface, the system eliminates the time users would otherwise spend switching between separate tools. Users can perform both types of operations within the same graphical environment, significantly improving productivity and reducing time loss associated with tool transitions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system provides comprehensive database manipulation capabilities, then functional completeness is improved, but interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The graphical user interface is segmented into distinct functional areas: schema view for displaying and manipulating database structure, data view for displaying and manipulating data records, and separate touch input zones for each operation type. This segmentation allows comprehensive database manipulation capabilities to be provided while maintaining interface clarity and avoiding overwhelming complexity through organized spatial separation.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the graphical user interface are optimized for specific functions: the schema view area provides tools and display formats appropriate for structure manipulation, while the data view area provides tools optimized for data entry and editing. Each local region has quality and features tailored to its specific purpose, allowing comprehensive functionality without global interface complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, program products, and systems for visual manipulation of database schema are disclosed. In general, in one aspect, a system can display a schema view and a data view in graphic representation in an integrated GUI on a display device. The system can display a schema in the schema view, and one or more data records in the data view. The system can receive a touch input from the display device in the schema view, or the data view, or both. In response to the touch input, the system can modify the schema, or the data records, or both. The system can update the schema view and data view substantially simultaneously to reflect the modification in the schema or data records.