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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:
Jun. 14, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Timothy P. Griffith, Southampton, GB;

Ian M. Shore, Winchester, GB;

Samuel J. Smith, Winchester, GB;

Martin J. Smithson, Winchester, GB;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/332 (2019.01); G06F 16/338 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/3322 (2019.01); G06F 16/338 (2019.01);
Abstract

Processing a query for a database includes: receiving a portion of a query from a client device in a server implemented by at least one processor, the portion of the query comprising an incomplete component; determining that the incomplete component is one of multiple predefined types with the server; providing the incomplete component to an auto-complete function specific to the determined type of the incomplete component; receiving in the server a suggestion for completing the query from the auto-complete function, the suggestion being specific to the type of the incomplete component; and providing the suggestion from the server to the client device.


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