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SELECTIVE INDEXING TO IMPROVE COMPLEX QUERYING OF ONLINE PROFESSIONAL NETWORK DATA

  • US 20160092584A1
  • Filed: 10/27/2014
  • Published: 03/31/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for processing data, comprising:

  • obtaining, at a computer system, a query comprising;

    two or more hops in a graph of online professional network data, wherein the graph comprises;

    a set of nodes comprising members and companies; and

    a set of edges representing relationships between pairs of nodes in the set of nodes;

    one or more predicates comprising one or more attributes of the online professional network data;

    two or more input nodes, including one or more of a first input member and an input company, that are used to form a path comprising the two or more hops; and

    an output that matches the one or more predicates and comprises one or more output members;

    executing, by the computer system, the query to obtain a subset of the online professional network data matching the query; and

    providing the subset of the online professional network data in response to the query.

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