Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1998-09-09
1999-10-12
Amsbury, Wayne
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
707 3, 707 10, 707104, G06F 1730
Patent
active
059667109
ABSTRACT:
A system for locating stored information using an index includes a memory and processor. The memory stores an index which includes a plurality of index entries. Each of the index entries corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of terms associated with the stored information and has one or more location identifiers. Each of the location identifiers represents a location within the information at which the corresponding term is associated with the information. The processor searches the stored index to identify the location identifiers of at least two index entries which correspond to terms of interest. The processor also determines the locations within the information which are represented by the identified location identifiers and at which the terms of interest have a relationship as indicated by a particular operator (e.g. "and").
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Amsbury Wayne
Digital Equipment Corporation
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