Methods and system for using web browser to search large collect

Details Methods and system for using web browser to search large collect Methods and system for using web browser to search large collect

1997-12-22

2000-04-25

Amsbury, Wayne

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

707100, 707 1, 707 2, 707 3, 707 4, G06F 1700

Patent

active

060555386

ABSTRACT:
A system for rapidly and easily searching large collections of documents using standard web browser programs as the user interface. The present invention parses a collection of text documents to identify symbols therein and builds a database file which identifies the file and line locations of each symbol identified. The database file is constructed to permit rapid searching for symbols to permit interactive use of the present invention as a search tool. A database client process interacts with the web browser via standard CGI techniques to convert browser commands and queries into appropriate server process requests. A server process receives such requests and manipulates the database files in response to the requests. Query results returned to the client process are then reformatted by the client process to return a document with hypertext links in place of search keys located in the database (e.g., an HTML page). The system of the present invention thereby provides for rapid searching of large collections of text documents which is not coupled to a specific toolset used to create any one of the documents and which uses a simple and well-known user interface, namely: web browsers.

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