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Complex queries for corpus indexing and search

US8266169B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 18, 2008
Grant dateSep 11, 2012
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Expiry dateNov 5, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F40/289
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Computer methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture therefor, are disclosed for developing a complex-query pattern that is transformed into a region-matching transducer. A corpus-level transducer and the region matching transducer are combined. The combined transducer is applied to a corpus to identify strings therein that satisfy patterns defined in the corpus-level transducer, including the complex-query pattern, with each identified pattern being recorded in a corpus index. The corpus and the corpus index are made available for receiving a query with the query tag for querying the corpus and applying the query using the corpus index to identify locations in the corpus that satisfy the query.

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