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Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2010
Applicants:

Stuart M. Bowers, Redmond, WA (US);

Thomas E. Jackson, Redmond, WA (US);

Chris Demetrios Karkanias, Sammamish, WA (US);

Allen L. Brown, Bellevue, WA (US);

David G. Campbell, Sammamish, WA (US);

Brian S. Aust, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Stuart M. Bowers, Redmond, WA (US);

Thomas E. Jackson, Redmond, WA (US);

Chris Demetrios Karkanias, Sammamish, WA (US);

Allen L. Brown, Bellevue, WA (US);

David G. Campbell, Sammamish, WA (US);

Brian S. Aust, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Semantic queries are expressed and executed within a relational database. This can be done by defining semantic rules applied to execute the semantic queries using table valued functions and common table expressions, and then simply calling the defined table valued functions to execute the queries.


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