DPA Patents

Visit the official U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website for details regarding mdbs patents 5,611,076 and 5,713,014.

TITANIUM's Unique Patented Multi-Model DPA Technology

Two patents for TITANIUM's preeminent, multi-model Dynamic Pointer Array (DPA) technology have been issued (U.S. Patent Nos. 5,611,076 & 5,713,014).

TITANIUM's patented technology simplifies queries and updates on databases with complex data models.  By eliminating the cumbersome joins and redundant intersect tables associated with typical databases, TITANIUM delivers split-second response times with even the largest of databases.

The patents, entitled "MULTI-MODEL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DATABASES HAVING COMPLEX DATA MODELS", encompass TITANIUM's layering of multiple logical database models, such as the relational/SQL model, the object-oriented model, and the network/navigational model, on the same database.  Each of the models uses TITANIUM's unique DPA-based physical architecture.

The DPA is a special index structure which directly supports, in the physical database, each of the complex relationship types available in the database, such as many-to-many, one-to-many, recursive, and forked (also called N-ary or K-ary relationships).

By directly supporting each complex relationship type, the TITANIUM DPA-based database provides read/write views of the database using any and all of the logical database models.  Furthermore, since each relationship is implemented in the most efficient manner for that relationship, redundant data is eliminated.  Each traversal of a relationship between records requires less physical disk I/O, resulting in greater speed for each operation that involves multiple related records, such as complex queries and calculations.

The TITANIUM White Paper provides a technical synopsis of TITANIUM.

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