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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Hoa, Los Altos, CA (US);
Balakrishna Raghavendra Iyer, San Jose, CA (US);
Beth Rivenes Moore, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Bryan Frederick Smith, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/700 ;
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for a computer implemented groupby aggregation system. Groupby aggregation is performed when a statement is executed in a database stored on a data storage device, which is connected to a computer. Initially, data elements are input into a tournament tree from an input sequence. Then, a winner of a tournament in the tournament tree is identified. The winner is recycled into the tournament tree.