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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Rafal P. Konik, Oronoco, MN (US);

Roger A. Mittelstadt, Byron, MN (US);

Brian R. Muras, Otsego, MN (US);

Mark W. Theuer, Rochester, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/31 (2019.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/328 (2019.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 16/2237 (2019.01); G06F 16/2282 (2019.01); G06F 16/2379 (2019.01);
Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product to manage a database is disclosed. The method, system, and computer program product may include structuring the database to have a first table having an index and a second table. A first key of the first table may be related to a second key of the second table. The method, system, and computer program product may include creating an entry locator in the index. The method, system, and computer program product may include maintaining an association between the second key of the second table and the entry locator of the index.


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