Methods And Systems For Data Structure Optimization

• US 20150169662A1
• Filed: 12/18/2014
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Federal Express Corporation (FedEx Corporation)
• Original Assignee: FedEx Corporation
• Inventors: Hills, Larry, Armstrong, Ross, Sosa, Carlos
• Granted Patent: US 10,885,010 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2282 Tablespace storage structures; Management thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification

Abstract

Methods and systems for optimizing a data structure are disclosed. An example method can comprise categorizing, based on travel information associated with a vehicle, locations according to at least one of a first category and a second category. An example method can comprise generating search criteria configured to select first data for locations categorized with the first category and second data for locations categorized with the second category. The first data can be more detailed than the second data. An example method can comprise receiving information based on the search criteria and providing the information to the vehicle.

Claims

1. A method for optimizing a database, comprising:

categorizing, based on travel information associated with a vehicle, locations according to at least one of a first category and a second category;

generating search criteria configured to select first data for locations categorized with the first category and second data for locations categorized with the second category, wherein the first data is more detailed than the second data;

receiving information based on the search criteria; and

providing the information to the vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the travel information comprises at least one of a travel plan and a travel history of the vehicle.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the information to the vehicle comprises uploading the information to a navigational database of a vehicle.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle is an aircraft.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first category indicates planned destinations of the vehicle and the second category indicates alternate destinations of the vehicle.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein categorizing, based on the travel information associated with the vehicle, locations according to at least one of the first category and the second category further comprises categorizing locations according to a third category.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a storage size of the information;

comparing the storage size to a threshold;

refining the search criteria if the storage size is above the threshold; and

updating the information based on the refined search criteria.

8. A method, comprising:

receiving a first data structure associated with a vehicle;

comparing a storage size of the first data structure to a threshold;

identifying search criteria based on travel information of the vehicle and the comparison of the storage size of the first data structure to the threshold;

requesting a second data structure associated with the vehicle based on the search criteria; and

providing the second data structure of the vehicle.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the travel information comprises at least one of a travel plan and a travel history of the vehicle.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein providing the second data structure to the vehicle comprises uploading the second data structure to a navigational database of a vehicle.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the vehicle is an aircraft.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein identifying the search criteria based on the travel information of the vehicle and the comparison of the storage size of the first data structure to the threshold comprises categorizing, based on the travel information associated with the vehicle, first locations according to at least one of a first category and a second category.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first category indicates planned destinations of the vehicle and the second category indicates alternate destinations of the vehicle.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein identifying the search criteria based on the travel information of the vehicle and the comparison of the storage size of the first data structure to the threshold further comprises categorizing second locations according to a third category, wherein the third category indicates emergency destinations of the vehicle.

15. The method of claim 8, further comprising generating a report based on changes from the first data structure to the second data structure, wherein the report indicates changes in duties for an agent associated with the vehicle.

16. A system, comprising:

a first data structure comprising first locations and first a associated with the first locations; and

a computer processor configured to

evaluate storage availability for the first data structure,

categorize second locations from a second data structure based on travel information associated with a vehicle,

generate search criteria configured to select, from the second data structure, third locations and second data associated with the third locations, wherein the search criteria are generated based on at least one of the storage availability and the categorization of the second locations, and

update the first data structure based on the search criteria.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein ravel information comprises at least one of a travel plan and a travel history of the vehicle, and wherein the first data structure is a navigational database of an aircraft.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein categorizing second locations from the second data structure based on the travel information associated with a vehicle comprises categorizing a first portion of the second locations according to a first category, wherein the first category indicates planned destinations of the vehicle.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein categorizing second locations from the second data structure based on the travel information associated with a vehicle further comprises categorizing a second portion of the second locations according to a second category, wherein the second category indicates alternate destinations of the vehicle.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein categorizing second locations from the second data structure based on the travel information associated with a vehicle further comprises categorizing a third portion of the second locations according to a third category, wherein the third category indicates emergency destinations of the vehicle.