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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:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Burrows, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alta Vista Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
Abstract
A technique for deleting duplicate records referenced in an index of a database is disclosed. In one embodiment, the technique may be realized by receiving a record; determining a fingerprint for the record; comparing the fingerprint of the record with fingerprints of previously indexed records; and, when the comparing act determines that the fingerprint of the current received record is the same as at least one of the fingerprints of any of the previously indexed records, identifying the current record as a record to be deleted.