Patent ID: 7203694

Claim:
A computer implemented method for improved server performance in response to a query request by presenting to a user a set of documents in an embedded view derived by multicolumn ordering of data columns in a table having a plurality of N columns in a digital storage device, comprising: applying key prefixes to column data values of a plurality of N−1 of said data columns to form in said digital storage device a set of prefixed data values in a single column; ordering said set of prefixed data values in a first compound column of data in said digital storage device; concatenating at least two of said data columns to form a set of concatenated data values; applying a key prefix to said concatenated data values to form a set of concatenated prefixed data values; ordering said set of prefixed data values and said set of concatenated prefixed data values in said first compound column; responsive to said ordering, extracting from said table and posting said set of documents in an embedded view to said user; and navigating to a document selected by said user from said embedded view.