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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2004
Applicants:

Gang Luo, Madison, WI (US);

Jeffrey F. Naughton, Madison, WI (US);

Curt J. Ellmann, Madison, WI (US);

Michael W. Watzke, Madison, WI (US);

Inventors:

Gang Luo, Madison, WI (US);

Jeffrey F. Naughton, Madison, WI (US);

Curt J. Ellmann, Madison, WI (US);

Michael W. Watzke, Madison, WI (US);

Assignee:

Teradata US, Inc., Dayton, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A database system is capable of processing a query and providing a progress indicator of the processing of the query based on at least a first cost factor. Initially, an estimate is set for the first cost factor. During processing of the query, the estimate of the first cost factor is updated to enable refinement of the progress indicator.


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