Methods and systems are provided for partitioning data of a database or data store into several independent parts as part of a data mining process. The methods and systems use a mining application having content-based partitioning logic to partition the data. Once the data is partitioned, the partitioned...http://www.google.de/patents/US20090228685?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20090228685 - System and method for content-based partitioning and mining