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Processing overlapping continuous queries

US8055653B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 9, 2007
Grant dateNov 8, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/24542
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An edge-covering based greedy method for shared filter ordering includes receiving a plurality of queries, wherein each query is a conjunction of filters, and each filter is shared across multiple queries of the plurality of queries, evaluating a unit price of each filter, evaluating, sequentially, each filter in order of a lowest to a highest unit price, to determine a value for each filter, and changing an ordering of the filters according to the values. An edge-covering based harmonic method for shared filter ordering includes receiving a plurality of queries, wherein each query is a conjunction of filters, and each filter is shared across multiple queries of the plurality of queries, evaluating a weight of each filter, evaluating, randomly, each filter having a probability inversely proportionally to its weight, to determine a value, and changing an ordering of the filters according to the values.

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