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US9165079B1 · kind B1 · utility

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17Claims
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Filing dateSep 6, 2012
Grant dateOct 20, 2015
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Expiry dateNov 25, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/335
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques include: identifying a first group that has a specified number of entities or more; associating a first group restrict with the first group, where a group restrict comprises data associated with two or more members of a group; assigning the first group restrict to one or more items of content in a search index that the members of the group can access; identifying a second group associated with a second group restrict, where the second group has fewer than the specified number of entities; and assigning searcher restricts for entities in the second group to one or more items of content in the search index, where the searcher restricts include data associated with a searcher.

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