US 11,860,874 B2
Multi-partitioning data for combination operations
Arindam Bhattacharjee, Fremont, CA (US); Sourav Pal, Foster City, CA (US); and Christopher Pride, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Splunk Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Splunk Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/051,470.
Application 18/051,470 is a continuation of application No. 17/086,043, filed on Oct. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,500,875.
Application 17/086,043 is a continuation of application No. 15/714,029, filed on Sep. 25, 2017, granted, now 10,896,182, issued on Jan. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0144450 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/2455 (2019.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 7/53 (2006.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 16/24554 (2019.01) [G06F 7/5324 (2013.01); G06F 11/3006 (2013.01); G06F 11/3086 (2013.01); G06F 11/3433 (2013.01); G06F 16/278 (2019.01); G06F 2201/835 (2013.01); G06F 2201/86 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
identifying a first group of data entries and a second group of data entries, wherein the first group of data entries includes a first data entry associated with a first field value and the second group of data entries includes a second data entry associated with the first field value;
assigning the first data entry to a partition; and
forming a combined subgroup for the partition, the combined subgroup including:
a first field corresponding to the first field value,
a second field corresponding to a second field value of the first data entry, and
a third field corresponding to a third field value of the second data entry.