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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2008
Ziv Bar-yossef, Herzliya, IL;
Kfir Karmon, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Ziv Bar-Yossef, Herzliya, IL;
Kfir Karmon, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a computer-implemented method for counting one or more unique search results within a plurality of search results includes creating hash values for information in each of the search results using a first hash function. The first hash function has a predetermined hash value range size. The method further includes identifying a predetermined number of smallest hash values within the created hash values. The method further includes estimating a first number of unique search results based on the predetermined hash value range size, the predetermined number, and a largest hash value in the smallest hash values.