(19)
(11) EP 1 250 653 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
22.08.2002

(43) Date of publication:
23.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/43

(21) Application number: 00980866.8

(22) Date of filing: 30.11.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06F 17/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/US0032/515
(87) International publication number:
WO 0104/0973 (07.06.2001 Gazette 2001/23)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 30.11.1999 US 168425 P
28.11.2000 US 726702

(71) Applicant: Siemens Technology-to-Business Center, LLC
Berkeley, CA 94704 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • WYNBLATT, Michael
    Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 (US)
  • NAVAS, Julio, C.
    Walnut Creek, CA 94596 (US)
  • MAIER, Karl-Heinz
    Berkeley, CA 94705 (US)

(74) Representative: Vigars, Christopher Ian 
Haseltine Lake & Co.,Imperial House,15-19 Kingsway
London WC2B 6UD
London WC2B 6UD (GB)

   


(54) SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR HIGHLY DISTRIBUTED WIDE-AREA DATA MANAGEMENT OF A NETWORK OF DATA SOURCES THROUGH A DATABASE INTERFACE