Patent №
US 6,345,271
Granted
2002-02-05
Filed 1998
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
2
nlp · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09200291
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for transforming a query to reduce the need for merging the results from a number of result lists. The method comprises the steps of forming at least one subquery from the query, executing the formed subquery to generate a result list comprising a plurality of first result elements, and replacing the executed subquery with a logical combination of the first result elements to form a transformed query. The apparatus comprises a means for forming at least one subquery from the query, a means for executing the formed subquery to generate a plurality of first result elements, and a means for replacing the executed subquery with a logical combination of the first result elements to form a transformed query. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a program storage device, tangibly embodying a sequence of instructions for performing the method steps described above.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 96250112
Assignors
DEMPSEY, RICHARD L., DESIMONE, DENICE A., FOCKLER, ANNE C., HA, TRI Q., VO, MIMI P.
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