Yahoo! Inc.

Bryan Call

Utkarsh Srivastava

Brian Frank Cooper

Philip Lewis Bohannon

Daniel E Weaver

Andrew Feng

Jagdish Chand

Ramana Yerneni

Raghu Ramakrishnan

Michael David Bigby

Roger Urrabazo

David Lomax

Guotao Lu

Andy Scott

Methods and apparatuses are provided for dynamically reorganizing the data within a replicated database system. One method, for example, includes performing a split operation across a plurality of replicated databases with regard to an existing partition therein, wherein the existing partition comprises a plurality of data records and the two new partitions each include at least a portion of the plurality of data records, and allowing at least one type of access to the plurality of data records during the split operation.

Dynamic data reorganization to accommodate growth across replicated databases

A computer implemented method of searching personals ads comprising: performing a criteria search to identify one or more personals ads; and performing an affinity search to identify personals ads having an affinity to at least one of the personals ads identified by the criteria search.

Personals advertisement affinities in a networked computer system

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Bryan Call