Indexing edge-ranked based partitions

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9767218
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14799409

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In one embodiment, a method includes determining rankings for a plurality of objects of a social-networking system, where the social-networking system includes a social graph that includes a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes. Each object corresponds to a node of the social graph, and each ranking for each object is determined based on a number of edges being connected to the node to which the respective object corresponds. The objects are stored in a plurality of partitions of a database, where each partition stores only objects having a particular ranking. The objects are indexed in the partitions by a plurality of search indices that each index only a particular one of the plurality of partitions.

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META PLATFORMS INC1601 WILLOW ROAD MENLO PARK CA 94025

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Ahrens, Spencer Greg Menlo Park, US 5 357
Lassen, Soren Bogh San Francisco, US 11 308

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