Efficient searching techniques

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2005-10-25

2005-10-25

Alam, Shahid (Department: 2162)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06959303

ABSTRACT:
The present invention describes techniques for performing searches in an efficient manner while minimizing the memory resources required to perform the searches. According to the techniques of the present invention, the number of comparisons needed to determine if a query element is in included in a set of elements is proportional to the length of the query element and independent of the number of elements in the set of elements.

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