Method and system for indexing information and providing...

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2001-03-08

2009-11-17

LeRoux, Etienne P (Department: 2161)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

Reexamination Certificate

active

07620622

ABSTRACT:
A system and method for providing at least one search result responsive to a search query with search query terms, includes parsing pages for a plurality of text and non-text indexable elements. The invention further includes assigning a location identifier to one or more of the plurality of elements that corresponds to a location of a given element in a given page from the set of pages and is a pointer to the location of the given element. The invention further includes storing the elements and the corresponding location identifier for the elements in a computer readable medium as records, receiving the search query to request a stored record, from a user across a networked connection, searching the plurality of records to determine elements that correspond to the search query. The invention further includes transmitting a text element and a non-text element, to the user across the networked connection.

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