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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Volodymyr Floreskul, Stockholm, SE;
Konstantin Tretjakov, Tartu, EE;
Marlon Gerardo Dumas, Tartu, EE;
Ando Saabas, Tallinn, EE;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to of generating a data structure stored in a computer memory for use in performing a search query to determine a separation between nodes in a network of interconnected nodes, wherein the method comprises: selecting a set of landmark nodes from the network; and for at least two of the landmark nodes in the set; generating a path tree for each landmark node that indicates a separation between the landmark node and each of a plurality of nodes; wherein the generating is configured to limit the number of path trees each of said plurality of nodes may appear in to no more than a predetermined number of path trees. A method of processing a data structure is also disclosed.