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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
May. 05, 2000
David L. Fenn, Campbell, CA (US);
Vladimir Gorelik, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Stephen M. Sherman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott Willey, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sudheer Thakur, Belmont, CA (US);
Robert E. Powers, Fremont, CA (US);
David L. Fenn, Campbell, CA (US);
Vladimir Gorelik, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Stephen M. Sherman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott Willey, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sudheer Thakur, Belmont, CA (US);
Robert E. Powers, Fremont, CA (US);
Pitney Bowes Software Inc., Lanham, MD (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for pipelined processing of data are described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a user request to process data, obtaining the data from a data storage based on the user request, grouping the set of data to create a hierarchical data, and paginating the hierarchical data to create a paginated result set. The pagination begins before the grouping is completed. The method further includes transferring one or more pages of the paginated result set to a client. The transferring begins before the pagination is completed.