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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
Applicants:
James Charles Kleewein, Kirkland, WA (US);
F. Soner Terek, Bellevue, WA (US);
Narasimhan Sundararajan, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
James Charles Kleewein, Kirkland, WA (US);
F. Soner Terek, Bellevue, WA (US);
Narasimhan Sundararajan, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An index update component updates an index of a database in response to a query to the database referencing the index. An index control record tracks the last time the index was referenced and state of the index compared to the state of the database. An index deletion component deletes indexes in the database that have not been referenced for a period of time.