| 发明名称 |
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SEARCH DATASETS |
| 摘要 |
Methods and apparatus to search datasets are disclosed. An example disclosed apparatus includes a count generator to generate a plurality of counts, the counts respectively indicative of a number of corresponding records in a database satisfying a respective one of a plurality of criteria present in the database; a grouper to assign first and second criteria of a search request to a first group according to a logical relationship between the first and second criteria; an identifier to determine, via the plurality of counts, which of the first and second criteria in the first group is satisfied by a least amount of records in the database; and a reduced set generator to form a reduced set of records to be searched based on the determined one of the first and second criteria satisfying the least amount of records in the database. |
| 申请公布号 |
US2015169731(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.06.18 |
| 申请号 |
US201514631298 |
申请日期 |
2015.02.25 |
| 申请人 |
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC |
发明人 |
Rabolt Kenneth;Karuppiah Nagarajan |
| 分类号 |
G06F17/30 |
主分类号 |
G06F17/30 |
| 代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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| 主权项 |
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a count generator to generate a plurality of counts, the counts respectively indicative of a number of corresponding records in a database satisfying a respective one of a plurality of criteria present in the database; a grouper to assign first and second criteria of a search request to a first group according to a logical relationship between the first and second criteria; an identifier to determine, via the plurality of counts, which of the first and second criteria in the first group is satisfied by a least amount of records in the database; and a reduced set generator to form a reduced set of records to be searched based on the determined one of the first and second criteria satisfying the least amount of records in the database. |
| 地址 |
Schaumburg IL US |
