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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2009
Applicant:
Jerry Lee Callen, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventor:
Jerry Lee Callen, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, computer program product, and computing system for record sorting is described. The method may comprise splitting an incoming record into a separate key block and payload block. The method may further comprise storing the key block in a first memory. The method may also comprise assigning the payload block an address in a second memory at the beginning of a sort. Moreover, the method may store, with the key block in the first memory, the address of the payload block in the second memory. Additionally, the method may store the payload block at the address in the second memory.