System and method for managing concurrent access to data files consisting of data entries referenced by keys comprising sequence of digits
US5495609A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 7, 1995 |
| Grant date | Feb 27, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99938
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A database management system including an index with parallel read access for large amounts of keyed information. The index can be referenced for read-only access by any number of simultaneous processes in parallel with being updated by a single process where the read-only access does not involve any locking or waiting.
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