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Information retrieval systems

US3964029A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 14, 1975
Grant dateJun 15, 1976
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Expiry dateApr 14, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99936
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information retrieval system in which each record in a file is scanned and a hit signal is produced if it matches a search criterion. The hits are stored in a plurality of bit maps. Each record has an identifying index, which is transformed in a number of different ways to produce addresses for the bit maps. The outputs of the bit maps are combined to produce a stored hit signal. The number of hits is compared with the number of stored hits to determine whether any spurious stored hits have been recorded and, if so, the transformations are modified.

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