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Combinators to build a search engine

US8666991B2 · kind B2 · utility

25Cited by

9References

18Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Blekko, Inc. · US

Inventors

Keith Peters · San Francisco, US
Bryn Robert Dole · Sunnyvale, US
Michael Markson · San Francisco, US
Robert Michael Saliba · San Francisco, US
Rich Skrenta · Redwood City, US
Robert N. Truel · Redwood City, US
Gregory B. Lindahl · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 16, 2011
Grant date	Mar 4, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 22, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/951
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of counting items in a database system. The database system having nodes comprising processors and memory where the memory stores programs to be executed by the processors. Identifying and counting M unique number of items. Determining and storing a logcount for M unique items.

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