Crawling databases for information
US7801880B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 29, 2005 |
| Grant date | Sep 21, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/951
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system facilitates the search engine to search for pieces of information in various databases and application documents without the need to know the specific protocols to communicate with the various databases and application documents, such as Microsoft Excel documents. Despite the multitude of possible protocols which a crawler would have to use to connect to the databases, the system includes a unifying application programming interface to unify the way to access pieces of information in the databases and application documents.
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