Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Reexamination Certificate
2004-06-21
2009-08-11
Ly, Cheyne D (Department: 2168)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
C715S825000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07574432
ABSTRACT:
A Sort-on-the-Fly/Search-on-the-Fly search engine provides an intuitive means for searching databases, allowing a user to access data in the database without having to know anything about the database structure. A user selects a desired search term, and the search engine searches the database for all instances of the desired term, even if a specific file or table does not contain the instance. The database need not have a specific file (in a flat database) or a table (in a relational database) of names. The user may specify other criteria, or constraints to narrow the search results, or for other reasons. The search engine then conducts a further search using this criteria and produces a second search result. Further narrowing or broadening of the search are permitted, with the search-on-the-fly search engine returning results based on any new constraints. If the returned data would be too large to be conveniently displayed at a terminal, the search engine executes a truncation routine so that the returned data is easily displayed.
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Ly Cheyne D
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