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WO2001001277A3 - System and method for conducting and coordinating search queries over information exchange networks and private databases - Google Patents

System and method for conducting and coordinating search queries over information exchange networks and private databases Download PDF

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WO2001001277A3
WO2001001277A3 PCT/US2000/017807 US0017807W WO0101277A3 WO 2001001277 A3 WO2001001277 A3 WO 2001001277A3 US 0017807 W US0017807 W US 0017807W WO 0101277 A3 WO0101277 A3 WO 0101277A3
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information exchange
search queries
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Cindy Weber
Gary Lazarus
Jeffrey Scott Cutler
Paul Sutter
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Winstar New Media
Cindy Weber
Gary Lazarus
Jeffrey Scott Cutler
Paul Sutter
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/90—Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
    • G06F16/95—Retrieval from the web
    • G06F16/953—Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines
    • G06F16/9538—Presentation of query results
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/90—Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
    • G06F16/95—Retrieval from the web
    • G06F16/951—Indexing; Web crawling techniques
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/80—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor of semi-structured data, e.g. markup language structured data such as SGML, XML or HTML
    • G06F16/83—Querying
    • G06F16/835—Query processing

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  • Sub-Exchange Stations And Push- Button Telephones (AREA)
  • Information Retrieval, Db Structures And Fs Structures Therefor (AREA)

Abstract

A system and method for conducting and coordinating search queries over information exchange networks, such as the Internet, and in particular, the invention provides a system and method for a consumer-user to submit a search query to a single information exchange server to obtain information from a plurality of the databases of information providers.
PCT/US2000/017807 1999-06-30 2000-06-29 System and method for conducting and coordinating search queries over information exchange networks and private databases WO2001001277A2 (en)

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