EFFICIENT STORAGE AND SEARCHING OF OBJECT STATE AND RELATIONSHIPS AT A GIVEN POINT OF TIME

摘要

A system and method for efficient storage and searching of object state data and relationships at a given point of time is disclosed. A server system stores one or more data objects in a database associated with a server system. The server system receives an update to one or more data objects stored in the database. For a respective object, the server system determines one or more differences between the respective original data object and the respective updated data object, creates a change entry for the respective data object, and stores the created change entry in a change database at the server system. The server system receives a data query and searches the one or more change entries stored in the change database to identify the information associated with the received search query. The server system sends the identified information to the client system.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
storing one or more data objects in a database associated with a server system; receiving, at the server system, an update to one or more data objects stored in the database; for a respective object of the one or more data objects:
determining one or more differences between the respective original data object and the respective updated data object;creating a change entry for the respective data object, wherein a change entry includes a textual representation of the one or more differences determined between the original data object and the updated data object and a time stamp associated with the update;storing the created change entry in a change database at the server system; receiving, from a client system, a data query, wherein the received data query concerns a past state of one or more data objects stored in the database associated with the server system; searching one or more change entries stored in the change database to identify the information associated with the received search query, and sending the identified information to the client system.