Appeal No. 2006-1592
Application No. 09/757,431
another data identifier if there is another data identifier for
the selected key value in the index, and if the index manager
receives a specific condition from the data manager in response
to the callback.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. A method for processing a database query on a set of data
in a database management system having a data manager and an
index manager, the method comprising the steps of:
a) in response to a data manager call to locate a data
identifier in an index corresponding to a selected key value,
performing the steps of:
i) locating the data identifier in the index for the
selected key value; and
ii) issuing a callback to the data manager; and
b) continuing to carry out an index-data fetch for another
data identifier if there is another data identifier for the
selected key value in the index and the index manager receives a
specific condition from the data manger in response to the
callback.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Edwards et al. (Edwards) 6,353,820 Mar. 5, 2002
(filed Sept. 29, 1999)
Ponnekanti et al. (Ponnekanti) 6,363,387 Mar. 26, 2002
(filed July 31, 1999)
Claims 1 through 14, 56 and 57 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Ponnekanti in view
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