Patent ID: 7516126
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method utilizing a processor comprising: grouping single fields of a multiple-field source in a computer memory into a plurality of multiple-field keys (MFKs) of a search target, each MFK of the search target having single fields that correspond to single fields in one of a plurality of multiple-field vectors (MFVs) of entries in a data structure; utilizing the processor to generate a set of queries based, at least in part, on the MFKs, wherein each query includes one or more of the MFKs and wherein each query has a different MFK as a lead MFK; using a query to determine whether the non-wildcard values in the MFVs of an entry match the non-wildcard values in corresponding MFKs of the search target; and: