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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shankar Vaidyanathan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Philip Lucido, Redmond, WA (US);
Sundeep Bhatia, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
Abstract
Indexing and searching across multiple sorted arrays. In one embodiment, a method. First, for a plurality of arrays, each array having a plurality of elements indexable by a pointer for the array, finding a smallest element of a set of elements comprising the element of each array at the pointer for the array. Second, increasing the pointer for the array in which the smallest element was found. Third, repeating until a desired number of smallest elements is found.