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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:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michelle Mei-Chiou Jou, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel Tsunfang Lee, Fremont, CA (US);
Ping Li, San Jose, CA (US);
Hsin Pan, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian Thinh-Vinh Tran, San Jose, CA (US);
Yun Wang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for run-time support for user-defined index ranges and index filters. A statement is executed in a database stored on a data storage device, which is connected to a computer. The database contains data. A search range is generated based on a user-defined range function associated with a user-defined index.