Patent ID: 7676487
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for formatting and indexing data comprising: selecting a time stamp data string associated with a data entry, the time stamp data string of a first format associated with a numeral system having exactly ten distinct characters and identifying when the data entry was created or modified; converting the time stamp data swing into a binary equivalent comprising a plurality of bits; grouping the plurality of bits into a plurality of blocks, each block comprising a plurality of bits; converting each of the plurality of blocks into a decimal equivalent ranging from 0 to 63; converting each decimal equivalent into a character associated with a numeral system having exactly sixty-four distinct characters, the numeral system having an ordered arrangement of characters comprising +, /, 0 . . . 9, A . . . Z, and a . . . z such that a decimal equivalent of 0 is converted into a “+” and a decimal equivalent of 63 is converted into a “z”; connecting the one or more characters to create the output data string, the output data string comprising fewer characters than the time stamp data string, the output data string being the representational equivalent of the time stamp data string; using the output data string to create an index associated with the data entry; and identifying the index associated with the data entry in response to performing a database search.