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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Brian E. Smartt, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Brian E. Smartt, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Telcontar, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for storing and retrieving spatial data objects from a spatial database is discussed. The system stores multi-dimensional objects within the database by determining their position in a multi-tiered coordinate system. One each object has been assigned to a particular coordinate, the object is further assigned to one of many overlapping sections within the coordinate system. Each object is assigned to a particular section of the coordinate system depending on its overall size and position.