US Patent 7257599 Data organization in a fast query system

Techniques are described for organizing data in a fast query system. Data structures are provided, where each of the data structures forms part of at least one traversable structure and represents at least a first value of a first attribute of a data record forming a body of data records. Each of at least some of the data structures are associated with at least one other data structure forming part of another traversable structure, where the other data structure represents at least a second value of a second attribute of the data record.