Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database and file access – Preparing data for information retrieval
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-09
2011-08-09
Vo, Tim T. (Department: 2168)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database and file access
Preparing data for information retrieval
C707S748000, C707S754000, C707S769000, C707S776000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07996403
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for performing a search request for a name among a database including a plurality of names. In one implementation, the method includes receiving the search request on the name, determining a geographic location associated with the name, assigning a cultural classification to the name based on the geographic location associated with the name, and completing the search request by searching for the name among the plurality of names within the database based on the cultural classification assigned to the name.
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Khasin Anna
Maguire Frankie Elizabeth Patman
Shaefer, Jr. Leonard Arthur
Watjen Stephen John
Williams Charles Kinston
International Business Machines - Corporation
Patterson & Sheridan LLP
Tran Anh Tai V
Vo Tim T.
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