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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2005
Applicants:
Marcel Waldvogel, Stein am Rhein, CH;
Roman A. Pletka, Horgen, CH;
Inventors:
Marcel Waldvogel, Stein am Rhein, CH;
Roman A. Pletka, Horgen, CH;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30545 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); G06F 17/30575 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for searching a range in a set of values in a network with distributed storage nodes. An example of a method for searching a range in a set of values in a network with distributed storage nodes according to the invention comprises the following steps. First, the range is divided up into a set of subranges by means of a hierarchical structure. Then, a query packet is generated for said set of subranges and transmitted to the distributed storage nodes for performing the query.