Patent 7680811 was granted and assigned to Infoblox on March, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Storing data in a data store is disclosed, including storing data in a plurality of generalized memory structures and generating an indexing structure that references one or more of the memory structures. Referencing is based on rules expressed in the memory structures. Processing a query in a data store is disclosed, including receiving a query, selecting an appropriate indexing structure to access for the query, and accessing data using the selected indexing structure.