Ericsson Assigned Patent

Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson, publ, Stockholm, Sweden, has been assigned a patent (9,292,559) developed by Arauz-Rosado, Jesus-Javier, Madrid, Spain, for a “data distribution/retrieval using multi-dimensional index.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A distributed data storage system uses a data distribution and location algorithm based on distance functions and hyper-spheres in a multi-dimensional space. The distributed data storage system uses the algorithm to maintain, over time, a balanced distribution across a number of computers interconnected by a network of a varying set of data items. Each data item includes one or more key fields. The system also includes an efficient partial-match and exact-match search across a whole set of data items using as search criteria the values of any or all of the sought data item’s key field(s).“

The patent application was filed on January 17, 2013 (13/743,988).