Patent ID: 11886404
Assignee: OPTUM SERVICES (IRELAND) LIMITED
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. The method of claim 5, wherein calculating the QPC for the respective query comprises calculating the QPC based on, for each respective table of the plurality of tables used in the respective query:
a total number of columns in the respective table;
a number of columns of the respective table that were used in a “select” statement in the respective query;
a number of columns of the respective table that were used in a “join” statement in the respective query;
a number of columns of the respective table that were used in a “where” statement in the respective query; and
a weight for the respective table when the number of the columns used in a “select” statement in the respective query is equal to zero.