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Method and apparatus for managing hierarchical collections of data

US7930280B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

Arthur L. Zaifman · Millburn, US
Carsten Lund · Berkeley Heights, US
Frederick True · Bloomsbury, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 2007
Grant date	Apr 19, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 10, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/99953
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system provide for management of a collection of data records. The data records have associated therewith an identifier or code that indicates the most coarse level of granularity with which the data record is associated in a hierarchy of sampling subsets created across a range of granularity levels.

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