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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2009
Applicants:
Anthony M. Cocuzza, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Shayne Grant, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Pu Liu, Endicott, NY (US);
Inventors:
Anthony M. Cocuzza, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Shayne Grant, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Pu Liu, Endicott, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30861 (2013.01); G06F 17/30958 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method comprises creating a first node, determining whether an indicator associated with a head node is present, and designating the first node as a head node, defining and associating a head node identifier with the first node, define a link from the first node to the first node, and create and save an indicator associated with the head node responsive to determining that the indicator associated with a head node is not present.