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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:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Nikolaos Koudas, Springfield, NJ (US);
Divesh Srivastava, Summit, NJ (US);
Jignesh M. Patel, Sylvania, OH (US);
Shurug Ali Al-khalifa, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hosagrahar V. Jagadish, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yuqing Wu, Windsor, CA;
Inventors:
Nikolaos Koudas, Springfield, NJ (US);
Divesh Srivastava, Summit, NJ (US);
Jignesh M. Patel, Sylvania, OH (US);
Shurug Ali Al-Khalifa, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hosagrahar V. Jagadish, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yuqing Wu, Windsor, CA;
Assignee:
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Structural join mechanisms provide efficient query pattern matching. In one embodiment, tree-merge mechanisms are provided. In another embodiment, stack-tree mechanisms are provided.