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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:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
David E. Heckerman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert L. Rounthwaite, Fall City, WA (US);
Jeffrey R. Bernhardt, Woodinville, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/518 ; G06F 1/730 ; G06F 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/518 ; G06F 1/730 ; G06F 7/00 ;
Abstract
Determination as to whether a variable is numeric or non-numeric. In one embodiment, a variable is input having a plurality of values, where each value has a count. The variable is determined to be numeric or non-numeric by assessing closeness of counts for adjacent values of the variable. Whether the variable is numeric or non-numeric is then output.