Apparatus and method for parametric group processing
AssigneeVerity AG
InventorsNeil Latarche, John Wang
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Abstract
A method of parametric group processing includes forming a parametric index from an indexed database. A first parametric group and a second parametric group corresponding to elements in the parametric index are specified. The first parametric group and the second parametric group are merged to produce a merged parametric group. A parametric result is extracted from the merged parametric group, where the parametric result specifies a set of documents.
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A computer readable medium for storing executable instructions processed by a central processing unit, the computer readable medium comprising executable instructions to:
- form a parametric index that includes an arrangement of categorical attributes, each of said categorical attributes referencing any number of elements;
- specify a first parametric group corresponding to a first subset of elements in said parametric index;
- specify a second parametric group corresponding to a second subset of elements in said parametric index;
- merge said first subset of elements of said first parametric group and said second subset of elements of said second parametric group to produce a merged parametric group;
- and
- extract a parametric result from said merged parametric group,
- wherein said parametric result identifies a set of documents without implementing parametric queries in a structured query language.
A computer readable medium documents for storing executable instructions processed by a central processing unit, the computer readable medium comprising executable instructions to:
- perform a text search to produce text search results including at least one categorical attribute;
- map said text search results into a parametric index to identify a first subset of elements a first parametric group, said parametric index including categorical attributes arranged as fields of said parametric index with each of said categorical attributes referencing any number of elements;
- merge said first subset of elements of said first parametric group with a second subset of elements corresponding to a second parametric group in said parametric index to produce a merged parametric group;
- and
- extract a parametric result from said merged parametric group,
- wherein said parametric result identifies a set of documents without implementing parametric queries in a structured query language.
A computing device including a processor, a memory, and input/output devices, all of which are coupled by system bus, said computing device being configured to perform parametric processing to identify relevant document identifications in said memory, the computing device comprising:
- a parametric index configured to include an arrangement of categorical attributes, with a set of said categorical attributes referencing any number of elements;
- a parametric group harvester configured to specify a first parametric group corresponding to a first subset of elements in said parametric index and a specify a second parametric group corresponding to a second subset of elements in said parametric index;
- a parametric group combiner configured to merge said first subset of elements of said first parametric group and said second subset of elements of said second parametric group to produce a merged parametric group;
- and
- a parametric result generator configured to extract a parametric result from said merged parametric group,
- wherein said parametric result identifies a set of documents without implementing parametric queries in a structured query language.
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