Owner NETEZZA CORPORATION

Inventors HINSHAW, Foster, D.; ANDRAKA, Raymond, A.; MILLER, Sharon, L.; SPORER, Michael; STEWART, William, K.; ZANE, Barry, M.

Pub. Number AU-A-2003275005

PCT Number PCT/US03/29187

PCT Pub. Number WO2004/027648

Priority 60/412,057 19.09.02 US; 60/411,686 18.09.02 US

Filing date 18 September 2003

Wipo publication date 8 April 2004

G06F 017/30 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions - Information retrieval

G06F 015/16 Digital computers in general - Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a programme unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programmes

G06F 003/00 Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer

G06F 003/02 Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer - Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials

G06F 003/023 Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer - Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes

G06F 003/05 Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer - Digital input using the sampling of an analogue quantity at regular intervals of time

G06F 003/06 Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer - Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers

G06F 005/00 Methods or arrangements for data conversion without changing the order or content of the data handled

G06F 007/00 Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled