Patent ID: 11868407
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
obtaining at least two different multi-level data structures each comprising a plurality of data elements, wherein at least one of the multi-level data structures comprises an unordered data collection, wherein an ordering of the data elements within a data collection does not have a meaning;
determining a data structure digest value for each of the at least two multi-level data structures by accumulating a data element digest value for each data element of the respective multi-level data structure, wherein a data element digest value, for a given data element comprising an unordered data collection, is determined using a commutative accumulator function, wherein the commutative accumulator function aggregates a digest value for each data element of the unordered data collection using one or more commutative operations;
evaluating a similarity of the at least two multi-level data structures by comparing the respective data structure digest values; and
automatically processing one or more of the at least two multi-level data structures using the evaluated similarity;
wherein the method is performed by at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory.