SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ DE RECHERCHE DE RÉGION BASÉE SUR LA VALEUR ET OPÉRATEURS DE RECHERCHE ASSOCIÉS

摘要

Embodiments as disclosed herein allow simple specification of searches of values within regions and efficient implementation of such searches. Specifically, embodiments as disclosed may provide a search operator that addresses the problem of complex query construction for finding objects having a particular value, including a minimum or a maximum value, in one of a set of regions, and the efficient implementation of the searches specified by such search operators.