Text-based searches of numeric data

Details Text-based searches of numeric data Text-based searches of numeric data

2002-06-17

2009-06-30

Le, Debbie M (Department: 2168)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C705S026640

Reexamination Certificate

active

07555490

ABSTRACT:
The present invention can allow a user to locate items in a database based on numeric characteristics of the items using words to describe those characteristics. In one embodiment, the invention includes selecting a numeric attribute of an item in a database of items some of which have values for the selected attribute, linking the numeric attribute to a descriptive word, linking the numeric attribute to a function, executing the function on values of the numeric attributes, and assigning a descriptive word to an item based on the results of the function.

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