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US 5,675,786 AGranted
Accessing data held in large databases
OwnerNeil Howard McKee, Peter Phaalinventors
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Abstract
By sampling the initial result of a query to the database, thereby producing a sampled result which is substantially smaller than the initial result, the sampled result is easier to analyse statistically and is easier to transmit across a communications medium such as a network.
Claims19
A method of retrieving and analysing data held in a database, comprising:
- addressing a query to a database to generate a sequential stream of initial result records;
- and
- sampling said sequential stream of initial result records to produce a sampled result which is substantially smaller than the initial result, the initial result being the result of a query to a database.
A method of process management comprising:
- addressing a query to a database to generate a sequential stream of initial result records;
- and
- sampling said sequential stream of initial result records to produce a sampled result which is substantially smaller than the initial result.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.