Method of and system for managing multi-dimensional databases using modular-arithmetic based address data mapping processes on integer-encoded business dimensions

A method of accessing data elements within a multidimensional database MDB) comprising:

• (a) providing a parallel computing platform having a plurality of processors and one or more storage volumes, wherein each processor is associated with Processor Storage Space within said storage volumes for physically storing data elements therein, and wherein the location of each data element in said MDB is specified in MDB Space by integer-encoded business dimensions associated with said data element;
• (b) loading in the integer-encoded business dimensions and associated data elements from a data warehouse;
• (c) mapping the integer-encoded business dimensions associated with each said data element to a processor identifier, and mapping the integer-encoded business dimensions associated with each said data element into an integer-encoded data storage address within Processor Storage Space associated with a specific processor identified by the processor identifier corresponding to said integer-encoded business dimensions based upon size of the integer-encoded business dimensions for each said dam element;
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• (d) using said integer-encoded data storage addresses to access said data elements from said one or more storage volumes.

A system for managing data elements within a multidimensional database (MDB) comprising:

• a parallel computing platform having a plurality, of processors and one or more storage volumes wherein each processor is associated with Processor Storage Space within said storage volumes for physically storing data elements therein, and wherein the location of each data element in said MDB is specified in MDB Space by integer-encoded business dimensions associated with said data element;
• a data loading mechanism, associated with said parallel computing platform for loading in the integer-encoded business dimensions and associated data elements from a data warehouse;
• an address data mapping mechanism, in association with said data loading mechanism, for mapping the integer-encoded business dimensions associated with each said data element to a processor identifier, and for mapping the integer-encoded business dimensions associated with each said data element into an integer-encoded data storage address within Processor Storage Space associated with a specific processor identified by the processor identifier corresponding to said integer-encoded business dimensions based upon size of the integer-encoded business dimensions for each said data element;
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• a data management mechanism, in cooperation with said address data mapping mechanism, for managing each said data element in said one or more storage volumes using said integer-encoded data storage address mapped thereto.

A method of managing data elements within a multidimensional database (MDB) comprising:

• (a) providing a parallel computing platform having a plurality of processors and one or more storage volumes, wherein each processor is associated with Processor Storage Space within said storage volumes for physically storing data elements therein, and wherein the location of each data element in said MDB is specified in MDB Space by integer-encoded business dimensions associated with said data element;
• (b) loading in the integer-encoded business dimensions and associated data elements from a data warehouse;
• (c) mapping the integer-encoded business dimensions associated with each said data element to a processor identifier, and mapping the integer-encoded business dimensions associated with each said data element into an integer-encoded data storage address within Processor Storage Space associated with a specific processor identified by the processor identifier corresponding to said integer-encoded business dimensions based upon size of the integer-encoded business dimensions for each said data element;
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• (d) using said integer-encoded data storage address for each said data element to manage said data element in said one or more storage volumes.

A system for accessing data elements within a multidimensional database (MDB) comprising:

• a parallel computing platform having a plurality of processors and associated data storage, wherein each processor is assigned a unique integer-encoded data storage address space in said data storage for storing data elements therein, and wherein location of each data element in said MDB is specified in MDB Space by integer-encoded business dimensions associated with said data element;
• a data loading mechanism, associated with said parallel computing platform, for loading in the integer-encoded business dimensions and associated data elements from a data warehouse;
• an address data mapping mechanism, associated with said data loading mechanism, for mapping the integer-encoded business dimensions associated with each said data element to a processor identifier, and for mapping the integer-encoded business dimensions associated with each said data element into integer-encoded data storage addresses within data storage address space associated with a specific processor identified by the processor identifier corresponding to said integer-encoded business dimensions based upon size of the integer encoded business dimensions;
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• a data accessing mechanism, in cooperation with said address mapping mechanism, for accessing a given data element in said data storage using the integer-encoded data storage address associated with the given data element.

A method for accessing data elements within a multidimensional database (MDB) comprising the steps of:

• providing a parallel computing platform having a plurality of processors and associated data storage, wherein each processor is assigned a unique integer-encoded data storage address space in said data storage for storing data elements therein, and wherein location of each data element in said MDB is specified in MDB Space by integer-encoded business dimensions associated with said data element;
• loading in the integer-encoded business dimensions and associated data elements from a data warehouse;
• mapping the integer-encoded business dimensions associated with each said data element to a processor identifier, and mapping the integer-encoded business dimensions associated with each said data clement into integer-encoded data storage addresses within data storage address space associated with a specific processor identified by tee processor identifier corresponding to said integer-encoded business dimensions based upon size of the integer encoded business dimensions;
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• accessing a given data element in said data storage using the integer-encoded data storage address associated with the given data element.

An Internet URL Directory system for supporting on-line information searching operations by Web-enabled client machines, said Internet URL Directory system comprising:

• a parallel computing platform having a plurality of processors and one or more storage volumes for physically storing a plurality of data elements of a multidimensional database (MDB) in said one or more storage volumes, wherein each processor is associated with Processor Storage Space within said storage volumes for physically storing data elements therein and wherein the location of each data element in said MDB is specified in NDB Space by integer-encoded business dimensions associated with said data element;
• a data loading mechanism, associated with said parallel computing platform, for loading in the integer-encoded business dimensions and associated data elements from a data warehouse;
• an address data mapping mechanism, associated with said data loading mechanism, for mapping the integer-encoded business dimensions associated with each said data element to a processor identifier, and for mapping the integer-encoded business dimensions associated with each said data element into an integer-encoded data storage address within Processor Storage Space associated with a specific processor identified by the processor identifier corresponding to said integer-encoded business dimensions based upon size of the integer-encoded business dimensions for each said data element;
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• a data accessing mechanism, in cooperation with said address mapping mechanism, for accessing each said data element in said one or more storage volumes using said integer-encoded data storage address mapped thereto.

An Internet-enabled system for supporting real-time control of processes in response to complex states of information reflected in a multi-dimensional database (MDB), said Internet-enabled system comprising:

• a parallel computing platform having a plurality of processors and one or more storage volumes for physically storing a plurality of data elements of a multidimensional database (MDS) in said one or more storage volumes at integer-encoded physical addresses specified in Processor Storage Space, and wherein the location of each data element in said MDB is specified in MDB Space by integer-encoded business dimensions associated with said data element;
• a data loading mechanism, associated with said parallel computing platform, for loading in the integer-encoded business dimensions and associated data elements from a data warehouse;
• an address data mapping mechanism associated with said data loading mechanism, for mapping the integer-encoded business dimensions associated with each said data element to a processor identifier, and for mapping the integer-encoded business dimensions associated with each said data element into an integer-encoded data storage address within Processor Storage Space associated with a specific processor identified by the processor identifier corresponding to said integer-encoded business dimensions based upon size of the integer-encoded business dimensions for each said data element;
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• a data accessing mechanism, in cooperation with said address mapping mechanism, for accessing each said data element in said one or more storage volumes using said integer-encoded data storage address mapped thereto.

A system for accessing data elements within a multidimensional database (MDB) comprising:

• a parallel computing platform having a plurality of processors and one or more storage volumes, wherein each processor is associated with Processor Storage Space within said storage volumes for physically storing data elements therein, and wherein the location of each data element in said MDB is specified in MDB Space by business dimensions associated with said data element;
• a data loading mechanism, associated with said parallel computing platform, for loading in the integer-encoded business dimensions and associated data elements from a data warehouse;
• an address data mapping mechanism, associated with said data loading mechanism, for mapping the integer-encoded business dimensions associated with each said data element to a processor identifier, and for mapping the integer-encoded business dimensions associated with each said data element into an integer-encoded data storage address within Processor Storage Space associated with a specific processor identified by the processor identifier corresponding to said integer-encoded business dimensions based upon size of the integer-encoded business dimensions for each said data element;
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• a data accessing mechanism, in cooperation with said address mapping mechanism, for accessing each said data element in said one or more storage volumes using said data storage address mapped thereto.