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Iceberg query evaluation implementing a compressed bitmap index

US8626770B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 3, 2010
Grant dateJan 7, 2014
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/2465
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments include an iceberg query method, including processing the iceberg query using a bitmap index having a plurality of bitmap vectors in a database, eliminating any of the plurality of bitmap vectors in the bitmap index that fails to meet a given condition thereby forming a subset of the plurality of bitmap vectors and aligning the vectors in the subset of the plurality of bitmap vectors in the bitmap index according to respective positions of the bitmap vectors in the subset of the plurality of bitmap vectors.

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