Patent ID: 7529750
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for processing a query, the method comprising: receiving from a first computer system a request to process a query at a second computer system, the request to process the query comprising a first object data and metadata about the first object data, and the query further comprising a request to perform an operation on the first object data and metadata at the second computer system, the first computer system comprising a database to store object data including the first object data; the second computer system processing the query with a database processing engine including performing the operation on the first object data and the metadata to generate a result for the query, the first object data and the metadata not having been stored on the second computer system prior to the second computer system receiving the request to process the query, the result based solely on the first object data and metadata within the request; and the second computer system returning the result of the query to the first computer system.