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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Timothy P. Griffith, Southampton, GB;
Ian M. Shore, Winchester, GB;
Samuel J. Smith, Winchester, GB;
Martin J. Smithson, Winchester, GB;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
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.