Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Reexamination Certificate
2004-02-17
2009-10-13
Fleurantin, Jean B (Department: 2162)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
C707S793000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07603342
ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed a method, device, and software for presenting search results in a response to an end-user query. Search results are combined from results from a plurality of indexes, each of the search results having an associated key field. Index entries of each of the plurality of indexes are queried using an index-specific search algorithm to obtain a set of matching search results for each index, each matching search result having a quality of match specific to its index. A relative priority is determined for each of the plurality of indexes and the matching search results from the plurality of indexes are combined into a merged list of ordered search results based on the determined priority. A search result from a lower priority index is discarded in favor of any matching search result from a higher priority index.
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Feindel Tym D.
Gosse David B.
Gosse Jennifer L.
Kim Jung-ho
Nutzman Jason P.
Fleurantin Jean B
Myint Dennis
Vortaloptics, Inc.
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