Patent Document ID: 10140358
Application ID: 15432270

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising: obtaining a relational query that references relational data items from a relational data table that lacks an explicit temporal attribute for ordering the relational data items of the relational data table; and adapting the relational data items for processing by a stream engine by associating explicit temporal data with the relational data items, the explicit temporal data comprising different lifetimes.

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Claim 6:
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: grouping multiple rows of data items together into a first set of multiple first rows of data items and a second set of multiple second rows of data items; and adapting the multiple rows of data items for processing by the stream engine by: assigning a first progress interval to the first set of multiple first rows; and assigning a second progress interval to the second set of multiple second rows.