Patent ID: 9230007
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of aggregating a plurality of entries in a database management system into an aggregated entry in the database management system, the method comprising: making the aggregated entry in a single entry in a single table, by using a processor, the aggregated entry representing the plurality of entries and including a first field whose value is a metric value computed from a set of individual values of a field in the plurality of entries and a second field whose set value is a representation of the set of individual values, the metric value having the property that the individual values from which the metric value was computed cannot be derived from the metric value and the representation of the individual values having the property that the individual values are derivable therefrom, so that the single entry in the single table comprises both the metric value and the set value, wherein at least some of the individual values are lost with the metric value and the individual values are not lost with the set value.