Patent ID: 6272501
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
Database system, comprising:a) storage means for storing encoded and compressed multidimensional array data;b) a storage interface;c) an application programming interface;d) processing means for effecting a storage and query processing, and for providing processed data to said storage interface or said application programming interface, said processing means comprising an encoder/decoder, a compressor/decompressor, a query processor, a query optimizer and a format converter;e) the provision of to be stored data to said storage interface through said processing means takes place in a storage format predetermined by an indicator assigned to the data;f) the provision of to be output data to said application programming interface through said processing means takes place in an output format predetermined by an indicator transmitted via said application programming interface; andg) said storage format, said output format and a predetermined internal format of the processing means for the processing of the data are respectively independent from one another.