Patent Overview Diagram

[ 5,604,899 ]

Method to define

Entity & Relationship Types,

Relationship Categories,

the rules that govern

the relationships, and to

create instances of these.

New relationship types

can be added without

programming.

[ 5,652,882 ]

Mandatory Relationship

definition & enforcement,

& indicator to signify

records in violation

[ 5,617,567 ]

Method to assemble

& execute inquiries

between entities and

relationships without

programming

[ 5,675,779 ]

Cardinality

definition & enforcement

(O:O, M:O, O:M, M:M)

[ 6,052,672 ]

Mapping

Transactions to service

codes, rebundle services

for billing, associating

price & cost tables with

accounts, clients, etc.

[ 5,826,259 ]

Uniform Entity

Identifiers which

include the

Entity Type

[ Patent Pending ]

Continuation

of 6.053,672

[Patent Pending ]

Product-Rules

definition

of billing attributes,

& various Price Methods