Patent ID: 8442993

Claim:
A method for the efficient use of computing resources, comprising: receiving a request for a dataset corresponding to stored data; generating, by a requestor, a first handle to the dataset; generating, by the requestor, a plurality of parameters corresponding to the dataset, such that each parameter of the plurality of parameters corresponds to a distinct subset of the dataset; generating, by the requestor, a first internal handle based upon the first handle and corresponding to a first parameter of the plurality of parameters; executing a data retrieval request based upon the first internal handle to retrieve a first subset of the dataset; receiving a navigation request corresponding to the first internal handle; navigating, if possible, the first subset in accordance with the navigation request; and in response to a determination that navigating the first subset in accordance with the navigation request is not possible, generating, by the requestor, a second internal handle corresponding to a second parameter of the plurality of parameters, such that the second parameter is in accordance with the navigation request; and executing the second data retrieval request based upon the second internal handle to retrieve a second subset of the dataset corresponding to the second parameter.