Appeal 2007-0559
Application 10/037,659
invocation mechanism to be accessed or invoked by a “standard query language
statement” understood by the database or database system; and thus a separate
application program is not necessary to use the table function and invocation
mechanism. Each of claims 1, 27, and 53 requires “invoking the table function
from within the database system to access the messaging data,” and each of claims
67, 75, and 83 requires “wherein the invocation mechanism is invocable by the
database for accessing data external to the database.”
For illustrative purposes, claims 1 and 67 are reproduced below:
1. A method for converting messaging data into a relational table
format in a database system, wherein the messaging data is within a
messaging system, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a plurality of table formatting specifications;
(b) utilizing the plurality of table formatting specifications to
automatically build and store a table function in the database system;
(c) invoking the table function from within the database
system to access the messaging data; and
(d) converting the messaging data by the table function into
specific data types according to the plurality of table formatting
specifications, wherein the messaging data is transformed into the
relational table format.
67. A system for generating a customized invocation mechanism,
comprising:
an interface for receiving customizations; and
a software module coupled to the interface for building an
invocation mechanism based on the customization specifications and
storing the invocation mechanism in a database, wherein the
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