Patent US 6,735,591

The present invention, the Information Warehouse, is a method and apparatus for gathering, storing and organizing information related to all the aspects of any organization, using a novel classification system. The Information warehouse contains one or more information bases. Each Information base is a specially configured database. Each information base consists of thirteen tables containing specially defined and structured records. Seven tables contain information elements classified into seven categories. Three tables contain the information needed by the Relationships manager. Three tables contain information needed by the Transactions managers. The present invention allows for users to input information about the constituents of an organization and their activities into the information base. This populating of the information base can be done in two ways. Manually by direct input via data entry interfaces of this invention and via data feeds or input files converted by the conversion modules of this invention. The present invention also allows users to retrieve information from the information base using search techniques.