Patent ID: 7676797
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for performing operations on fields, comprising: receiving, by a computing device, a request to perform a requested operation on one or more fields, wherein a first operation operating on the computing device performs the requested operation when the one or more fields are in a format that is compatible with the first operation; determining, by the computing device, whether the one or more fields are compatible with the first operation; when the one or more fields are in a format that is compatible with the first operation, performing, by the first operation operating on the computing device, the requested operation on the one or more fields using the first operation to generate results of the requested operation on the one or more fields; and when the one or more fields are in a format that is not compatible with the first operation for at least a reason that at least one of the one or more fields includes a token representing additional information and an expanded size of the at least one of the one or more fields with the additional information would exceed a maximum field size for the first operation: