Patent ID: 6341284
Filing Date: 2002-01-22
Classification: G06F,G16B,Y10S

Abstract:
In a data processing system that includes a database storing information characterizing a plurality of items, a method for generating and storing data characterizing said items, the method comprising the steps of:providing a plurality of descriptor vectors associated with said plurality of items, wherein each descriptor vector comprises an ordered series of data values associated with one of said plurality of items, wherein said ordered series of data values is logically partitioned into rows and columns, wherein a given row represents data values of a descriptor vector associated a specific item, and wherein a given column represents corresponding data values of said descriptor vectors for each item in said plurality of items; interacting with a user to generate a first constraint K1 that represents a number of arbitrary columns; generating data that enumerates subsets of items complexes whose corresponding data values match in the same K1â€² columns, wherein K1â€² is based upon the first constraint K1.