VIRTUAL COLUMNS

Patent №

US 8,078,652

Granted

2011-12-13

Filed 2007

Owner

ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Lab

AI components

2

kr · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

11951890

Techniques are described herein for performing column functions on virtual columns in database tables. A virtual column is defined by the database to contain results of a defining expression. Statistics are collected and maintained for virtual columns. Indexing is performed on virtual columns. Referential integrity is maintained between two tables using virtual columns as keys. Join predicate push-down operations are also performed using virtual columns.

Knowledge representationAI hardwareG06F 16/2462G06F 16/24545Y10S 707/963

AI classification

AI hardware0.98
Knowledge representation0.63
Natural language0.07
Machine learning0.06
Planning0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00
Vision0.00

Ownership

ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

assignment · 202120819

Assignors

BASU, SUBHRANSU, BEDI, HARMEEK SINGH

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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