Metadata search for remote applications

US11243967B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP SE · DE

Inventors

• Karl Fuerst · Wiesloch, DE
• Muamer Rovcanin · Viernheim, DE
• Soroush Momen-Pour · Coquitlam, CA
• Arpad Tornyai · Bruchsal, DE
• Allan Felipe Brochier dos Santos da Silva · Heidelberg, DE
• Tobias Hoehmann · Heidelberg, DE
• Peter Lang · Bad Schönborn, DE
• Bare Said · St. Leon-Rot, DE
• Peter Weddeling · Sinsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 14, 2019
• Grant date: Feb 8, 2022
• Expiry date: Mar 22, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/258
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for providing search results. A database server can include both a database and a search engine. The database server can receive, from a software service server, storage metadata indicating a plurality of tables of the database and fields of each of the plurality of tables. The database can generate a metadata search index, including tables and fields populated based on the storage metadata, and store it on the database. The database server may receive a search request including one or more search terms from a query-building application of a remote computer. The search engine can determine search statements based on the search request and execute the search statements on a view of the stored metadata search index to obtain index search results. Metadata search results based on the index search results can be provided to the query-building application.