Search query formulation
US8131748B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 29, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 6, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/907
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a computing system, an input that a user makes under guidance of a graphical user interface may be received. The input specifies several query portions to be used in searching a data repository in the system. Each of the query portions comprises a value entered by the user that is associated with any of several attributes of objects in the repository. The input does not specify a logical operator between any of the query portions. A search query is generated for searching the repository by: (i) determining whether any of the query portions have a common attribute, and associating any such query portions with each other into a new query portion using a logical OR operator; and (ii) thereafter associating any of the query portions that were not associated in step (i), and any new query portion formed in step (i), with each other using a logical AND operator.
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