Adapting point geometry for storing address density
First Claim
1. A method of adapting point geometry for storing address density, comprising steps of:
- accumulating a count of addresses on a particular street to determine an address density of the particular street; and
storing the determined density using geometric data associated with the particular street.
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for adapting point geometry for storing address density information. Preferred embodiments store this density information in a 4-dimensional point data type provided by a spatially-enabled object relational database system, and leverage built-in functions and data types of the database system for operating on the data type. The address density may be computed while processing address data which is presented in textual format, or alternatively, from street geometry data which has been derived from such address data. The address density may be used in many different applications, such as e-business, targeted advertising, urban planning, facilities enhancements, and so forth. The point geometry representation of the street density information supports retrievals which do not rely on proprietary file formats or binary files, thereby enabling faster retrievals and reduced resource consumption requirements.
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1. A method of adapting point geometry for storing address density, comprising steps of:
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accumulating a count of addresses on a particular street to determine an address density of the particular street; and storing the determined density using geometric data associated with the particular street. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15)
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13. A system for adapting point geometry for storing address density, comprising:
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means for accumulating a count of addresses on each of a plurality of streets; means for storing the accumulated count for each street as one dimension of a 4-dimensional point geometry, wherein remaining ones of the 4 dimensions store;
(1) a state identification, (2) a city identification, and (3) a zip code identification of the street; andmeans for querying the point geometries to determine a density of a selected one of the streets, wherein the means for querying locates the 4-dimensional point geometry for the selected one of the streets and returns the accumulated count stored in that located point geometry. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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14. A computer program product for adapting point geometry for storing address density, the computer program product embodied on one or more computer-readable media and comprising:
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computer-readable program code means for accumulating a count of addresses on each of a plurality of streets; computer-readable program code means for storing the accumulated count for each street as one dimension of a 4-dimensional point geometry in a spatially-enabled table of a relational database, wherein remaining ones of the 4 dimensions store;
(1) a state identification, (2) a city identification, and (3) a zip code identification of the street; andcomputer-readable program code means for querying the relational database to determine a density of a selected one of the streets, wherein the computer-readable program code means for querying locates the 4-dimensional point geometry for the selected one of the streets and returns the accumulated count stored in that located point geometry. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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