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Method for presenting information on display devices of varying sizes

  • US 5,848,406 A
  • Filed: 09/03/1996
  • Issued: 12/08/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/03/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for sending data from a database to a computer output device, said database including a plurality of tables for holding said data, said database having a schema indicative of relationships between said tables, said tables having attributes, said attributes containing said data, the method comprising:

  • processing a query of said database, said query containing query tables;

    determining weights for each pair of query tables, said weights being indicative of occurrence of said query table pairs in previous queries;

    determining sets of said query table pairs based on said weights; and

    sending to said computer output device one of said sets which contains query tables specified in said query.

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