Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database and file access – Search engines
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-23
2010-06-01
Lee, Wilson (Department: 2163)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database and file access
Search engines
C707S716000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07730052
ABSTRACT:
A virtual item set representing a subset of items stored within an original data structure. The system includes a virtual item set processor configured to generate a plurality of virtual items that are a subset of items in the original data structure, and a virtual item set including the plurality of virtual items. Each virtual item includes a data field containing a data item from the original data structure and a metadata field, the meta field data including position information representing the position of the data field within an original data structure.
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Falardeau Simon
Poulin Jerome
Foley & Lardner LLP
Lee Wilson
SAP Aktiengesellschaft
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