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US9424202B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 19, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/24552
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A database cache manager for controlling a composition of a plurality of cache entries in a data cache is described. Each cache entry is a result of a query carried out on a database of data records, the cache manager being arranged to remove cache entries from the cache based on a cost of removal factor which is comprised of a time cost, the time cost being calculated from the amount of time taken to obtain a query result to which that cache entry is related.
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