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Navigation of tree data structures

  • US 20050065965A1
  • Filed: 03/17/2004
  • Published: 03/24/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for navigating a collection of tree data structures stored in a computer-readable database, the method comprising:

  • constraining a first node of a query tree stored in a computer-readable memory to a first value;

    making accessible a first set of nodes of the query tree that are connected to the first node constrained to the first value;

    constraining a second node in the first set of nodes to a second value;

    identifying a tree in the collection of tree data structures that contains (1) a first matching node equal in position to the first node and equal to the first value, and (2) a second matching node equal in position to the second node and equal to the second value; and

    accessing data in a select node of the identified tree.

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