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Posting list intersection parallelism in query processing

US8838576B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 12, 2009
Grant dateSep 16, 2014
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Expiry dateOct 22, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/24532
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein is parallel processing of a query, which uses inter-query parallelism in posting list intersections. A plurality of tasks, e.g., posting list intersection tasks, are identified for processing in parallel by a plurality of processing units, e.g., a plurality of processing cores of a multi-core system.

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