Patent ID: 9323825
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for storing graph data as a multi-dimensional cluster, the method comprising: identifying a graph dataset stored in a database comprising data and relationships between data pairs; identifying a storage method for the graph dataset, the storage method comprising a table comprising a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows, each column and each row associated with data or relationships; identifying a plurality of dimensions, each dimension comprising a column in the table; creating a modified storage method, the modified storage method comprising a plurality of distinct table blocks, one block for each dimension in a group of dimensions selected from the plurality of dimensions; creating a plurality of table block indexes, one index for each table block; and arranging the data and relationships from the graph dataset in accordance with the modified storage method to create the multi-dimensional cluster for storage in the database.