Stefan V Kiritzov

US Patent:

6816879, Nov 9, 2004

Filed:

Dec 2, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/728891

Inventors:

Stefan Kiritzov - Castro Valley CA
Benjamin Chang - Atherton CA
Mark Scardina - San Francisco CA

Assignee:

Oracle International Corp. - Redwood Shores CA

International Classification:

G06F 1300

US Classification:

709200, 707 3

Abstract:

A system and method are provided for generating presentation views of data in advance of a request for, or an operation involving, the data. A trigger initiates the generation of a presentation view after the passage of a predetermined period of time, when the data is altered or replaced, or in response to some other recognizable situation or event. The amount of system resources (e. g. , processor time, memory) expended to satisfy a request may thus be decreased in comparison to a system in which presentation views are generated each time data is retrieved. One trigger may apply to any number of data items and may employ different trigger criteria (e. g. , time periods) for different items. Multiple presentation views (e. g. , in different formats) may be generated for a data item so as to serve multiple types of devices.