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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
May. 10, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Alfred R. K. Fuller, San Carlos, CA (US);
GOOGLE INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A server system having one or more processors and memory receives, from a requestor, a select distinct query. In response to the query, the server system identifies a set of index portions according to requestor-specified filter criteria. The server system identifies one or more distinct value combinations for entities satisfying the filter criteria, including: obtaining an initial value of a query cursor; retrieving candidate value combinations; comparing candidate value combinations to identify distinct value combinations, if any, in accordance with the query; and updating the current value of the query cursor. The server system repeats the retrieving candidate value combinations and the comparing candidate value combinations one or more times for the set of index portions until at least a respective distinct value combination has been identified and transmits information corresponding to the respective distinct value combination to the requestor.