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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. 03, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2004
Applicants:
George Henry Forman, Port Orchard, WA (US);
Fereydoon Safai, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Bin Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
George Henry Forman, Port Orchard, WA (US);
Fereydoon Safai, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Bin Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Generating masks for de-duplication in a database where distributed entities provide activity data for said database. Determining from activity input data which entities add variable data to a given data field. Generating a list of the masks which effectively remove the variable data portion in the field. Consolidating input data using the generated masks.