Architecture to enable search gateways as part of federated search
US7113939B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 21, 1999 |
| Grant date | Sep 26, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99944
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An architecture to enable search gateways as part of a federated search supports searching for data in one or more heterogeneous data sources. The one or more heterogeneous data sources are within a computer system. Initially, a request for data is received at a federated data source. From the federated data source, data is retrieved from one or more of one or more terminal data repositories or one or more search gateway data sources.
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