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Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2015
Applicant:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sanjeev Singh, San Jose, CA (US);

Bret Steven Taylor, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Paul Buchheit, Los Altos, CA (US);

James Norris, Mountian View, CA (US);

Tudor Bosman, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Benjamin Darnell, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Assignee:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); G06F 17/30424 (2013.01); G06F 17/30477 (2013.01); G06F 17/30528 (2013.01); G06F 17/30554 (2013.01); G06F 17/30619 (2013.01); G06F 17/30958 (2013.01);
Abstract

This application is directed to an indexing system for graph data. In particular implementations, the indexing system uses a database index infrastructure that provides for flexible search capability to data objects and associations between data objects. Particular embodiments relate to an indexing system for storing and serving information modeled as a graph that includes nodes and edges that define associations or relationships between nodes that the edges connect in the graph.


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