METHOD AND/OR SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING DATA STREAMS

• US 20140052756A1
• Filed: 07/08/2013
• Published: 02/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert T. and Virginia T. Jenkins as Trustees for the Jenkins Family Trust Dated February 8, 2002
• Original Assignee: Robert T. and Virginia T. Jenkins as Trustees for the Jenkins Family Trust Dated February 8, 2002
• Inventors: Andrews, Mark, Crandall, Richard, Schiffmann, Karl
• Granted Patent: US 10,430,416 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/772
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24558 Binary matching operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90344 by using string matching techniques

Abstract

Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating character expressions to determine relationships among such character expressions.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A method comprising:

associating indices with a plurality of binary strings stored in a memory;

concatenating binary expressions of individual characters of a first character expression to provide a first binary string;

determining whether said first binary string matches a second binary among said plurality of binary strings; and

selecting a third binary string among said plurality of binary strings stored in said memory based, at least in part, on said first and second binary strings in response to said first and second binary strings not matching.

22. The method of claim 21, and further comprising:

determining whether said first binary string matches said third binary string; and

selecting a fourth binary string among said plurality of binary strings in said memory based, at least in part, on said first binary and said fourth binary strings in response to said first and third binary strings not matching.

23. The method of claim 21, and wherein said selecting said third binary string further comprises determining whether a first quantity represented by said first binary string is greater than a second quantity represented by said second binary string.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein said indices indicate a sequential ordering of said plurality of binary strings according to quantities represented by said plurality of binary strings, and wherein said selecting said third binary string further comprises selecting said third binary string from among binary strings associated with indices indicative of binary strings representing quantities greater than said second quantity in response to determining said first quantity is greater than said second quantity.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein said selecting said third binary string further comprises selecting said third binary string from among said plurality of binary strings that represent quantities less than said second quantity in response to determining that said first quantity is less than said second quantity.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein said selecting said third binary string further comprises selecting said third binary string from among said plurality of binary strings that represent quantities greater than said second quantity in response to determining that said first quantity is greater than said second quantity.

27. The method of claim 21, wherein said first character expression comprises a word, acronym and/or multi-character symbol.

28. The method of claim 21, wherein said first character expression comprises a stock ticker symbol.

29-48. -48. (canceled)

49. An apparatus comprising:

means for associating indices with a plurality of binary strings stored in a memory;

means for concatenating binary expressions of individual characters of a first character expression to provide a first binary string;

means for determining whether said first binary string matches a second binary among said plurality of binary strings; and

means for selecting a third binary string among said plurality of binary strings stored in said memory based, at least in part, on said first and second binary strings in response to said first and second binary strings not matching.

50. The apparatus of claim 49, and further comprising:

means for determining whether said first binary string matches said third binary string; and

means for selecting a fourth binary string among said plurality of binary strings in said memory based, at least in part, on said first binary and said fourth binary strings in response to said first and third binary strings not matching.

51. The apparatus of claim 49, and wherein said means for selecting said third binary string further comprises means for determining whether a first quantity represented by said first binary string is greater than a second quantity represented by said second binary string.

52. The apparatus of claim 51, wherein said indices indicate a sequential ordering of said plurality of binary strings according to quantities represented by said plurality of binary strings, and wherein said means for selecting said third binary string further comprises means for selecting said third binary string from among binary strings associated with indices indicative of binary strings representing quantities greater than said second quantity in response to said first quantity being greater than said second quantity.

53. The apparatus of claim 51, wherein said means for selecting said third binary string further comprises means for selecting said third binary string from among said plurality of binary strings that represent quantities less than said second quantity in response to said first quantity being less than said second quantity.

54. The apparatus of claim 51, wherein said means for selecting said third binary string further comprises means for selecting said third binary string from among said plurality of binary strings that represent quantities greater than said second quantity in response to said first quantity being greater than said second quantity.

55. The apparatus of claim 50, wherein said first character expression comprises a word, acronym and/or multi-character symbol.

56. The apparatus of claim 50, wherein said first character expression comprises a stock ticker symbol.

57-76. -76. (canceled)

77. An apparatus comprising:

a computing platform, said computing platform being adapted to;

associate indices with a plurality of binary strings stored in a memory;

concatenate binary expressions of individual characters of a first character expression to provide a first binary string;

determine whether said first binary string matches a second binary among said plurality of binary strings; and

select a third binary string among said plurality of binary strings stored in said memory based, at least in part, on said first and second binary strings in response to said first and second binary strings not matching.

78. The apparatus of claim 77, wherein said computing platform is further adapted to:

determine whether said first binary string matches said third binary string; and

select a fourth binary string among said plurality of binary strings in said memory based, at least in part, on said first binary and said fourth binary strings in response to said first and third binary strings not matching.

79. The apparatus of claim 77, and wherein computing platform is further adapted to select said third binary string based, at least in part, on whether a first quantity represented by said first binary string is greater than a second quantity represented by said second binary string.

80. The apparatus of claim 79, wherein said indices indicate a sequential ordering of said plurality of binary strings according to quantities represented by said plurality of binary strings, and wherein said computing platform is further adapted to select said third binary string from among binary strings associated with indices indicative of binary strings representing quantities greater than said second quantity in response to said first quantity being greater than said second quantity.

81. The apparatus of claim 79, wherein said computing platform is further adapted to select said third binary string from among said plurality of binary strings that represent quantities less than said second quantity in response to said first quantity being less than said second quantity.

82. The apparatus of claim 79, wherein said computing platform is further adapted to select said third binary string from among said plurality of binary strings that represent quantities greater than said second quantity in response to said first quantity being greater than said second quantity.

83. The apparatus of claim 77, wherein said first character expression comprises a word, acronym and/or multi-character symbol.

84. The apparatus of claim 77, wherein said first character expression comprises a stock ticker symbol.

85-104. -104. (canceled)

105. An article comprising:

a storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computing platform, result in;

associating indices with a plurality of binary strings stored in a memory;

concatenating binary expressions of individual characters of a first character expression to provide a first binary string;

determining whether said first binary string matches a second binary among said plurality of binary strings; and

selecting a third binary string among said plurality of binary strings stored in said memory based, at least in part, on said first and second binary strings in response to said first and second binary strings not matching.

106. The article of claim 105, wherein said machine-readable instructions, when executed by said computing platform, further result in:

determining whether said first binary string matches said third binary string; and

selecting a fourth binary string among said plurality of binary strings in said memory based, at least in part, on said first binary and said fourth binary strings in response to said first and third binary strings not matching.

107. The article of claim 105, and wherein said selecting said third binary string further comprises determining whether a first quantity represented by said first binary string is greater than a second quantity represented by said second binary string.

108. The article of claim 107, wherein said indices indicate a sequential ordering of said plurality of binary strings according to quantities represented by said plurality of binary strings, and wherein said selecting said third binary string further comprises selecting said third binary string from among binary strings associated with indices indicative of binary strings representing quantities greater than said second quantity in response to determining said first quantity is greater than said second quantity.

109. The article of claim 107, wherein said selecting said third binary string further comprises selecting said third binary string from among said plurality of binary strings that represent quantities less than said second quantity in response to determining that said first quantity is less than said second quantity.

110. The article of claim 107, wherein said selecting said third binary string further comprises selecting said third binary string from among said plurality of binary strings that represent quantities greater than said second quantity in response to determining that said first quantity is greater than said second quantity.

111. The article of claim 105, wherein said first character expression comprises a word, acronym and/or multi-character symbol.

112. The article of claim 105, wherein said first character expression comprises a stock ticker symbol.