Patent ID: 9092411
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving two or more data sets, each of the data sets containing data that can be interpreted as records, the records of each of the data sets each having data values for data fields of the records, the records of each of the data sets having at least one data field that is different from all data fields of the records of another one of the data sets, each data field being identified by a data field identifier, at least one of the data fields of the records of each of the data sets being related to at least one of the data fields of the records of at least one of the other data sets, the data of different ones of the data sets being organized or expressed possibly differently, determining a key for each of the data sets based on one or more data field identifiers of data fields of the data set, the keys for different data sets being different, the data sets being characterized by repetitions of at least one of (a) records, (b) portions of keys, or (c) instances of values for data fields, the keys of the two or more data sets containing information about at least one of the repetitions, and providing the information about at least one of the repetitions based on the keys of the data sets.