Patent · US Active

Querying joined data within a search engine index

US8073840B2 · kind B2 · utility

19Cited by

15References

38Claims

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Assignee

ATTIVIO, INC. · US

Inventors

Tim Smith · Dallas, US
William K. Johnson, III · Newton, US
Rik Tamm-Daniels · Boston, US
Sid Probstein · Sharon, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 16, 2009
Grant date	Dec 6, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 3, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/2456
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques and systems for indexing and retrieving data and documents stored in a record-based database management system (RDBMS) utilize a search engine interface. Search-engine indices are created from tables in the RDBMS and data from the tables is used to create “documents” for each record. Queries that require data from multiple tables may be parsed into a primary query and a set of one or more secondary queries. Join mappings and documents are created for the necessary tables. Documents matching the query string are retrieved using the search-engine indices and join mappings.

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