Search and index hosting system
US6336116B1 · kind B1 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 6, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99945
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The system initiates a search at a first network site for user-specified data in a remote database at a second network site and conducts the search at a third network site (e.g., at a host computer's site). To begin, the system receives, at the first network site, a provider identifier associated with the database from the second network site. Thereafter, the user-specified data is input at the first network site, following which the user-specified data and the provider identifier are output from the first network site to the third network site. The system then searches for the user-specified data in a database at the third network site using the provider identifier. This database at the third network site includes data that corresponds to data stored in the remote database at the second network site.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.