An automatic data reference system and method responds to a query for a data item by determining whether a match can be found between the query dimensions and the dimensions of one of a number of data tables stored in the database for queries which constitute an exact match for an existing data table,...http://www.google.de/patents/US5297280?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5297280 - Automatically retrieving queried data by extracting query dimensions and modifying the dimensions if an extract match does not occur
