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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2011
Bipul Sinha, Foster City, CA (US);
Vivekanandhan Raja, Foster City, CA (US);
Amit Ganesh, San Jose, CA (US);
Bipul Sinha, Foster City, CA (US);
Vivekanandhan Raja, Foster City, CA (US);
Amit Ganesh, San Jose, CA (US);
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a mechanism, system, interface, and process to determine one or more life intervals when given a key. In addition, one or more life intervals can be determined for each key within a range of keys. This type of process is useful for auditing purposes or if it is desire to implement a query upon past versions when a key or range of keys is specified for the data for which past versions is desired. This facilitates algorithms, mechanisms, and processes to implement a query upon past versions.