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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2005
Filed:
May. 04, 2000
Applicants:
William E. Malloy, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gary Robinson, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
William E. Malloy, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gary Robinson, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F017/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A technique for accessing a subject multi-dimensional database stored on a data store connected to the computer. An index is created for the subject multi-dimensional database, wherein the index includes another multi-dimensional database having dimensions of the subject multi-dimensional database and an additional ranking dimension. Then, the subject multi-dimensional database is accessed using the index.