Method and apparatus for storing and retrieving data
First Claim
1. A system for storage and retrieval of data including data relating to a plurality of levels of information comprising a store and a retrieval engine:
- the store comprising;
a plurality of storage areas each being divided into a plurality of segments and being configured such that data relating to a given level of information for a topic is stored in a segment of one of the storage areas and data relating to at least one other level of information on the topic is stored in a corresponding segment of at least one other one of the storage areas;
the retrieval engine comprising;
means for determining a selected level of information on a topic to be retrieved in response to a user request;
means for retrieving data from a segment of the one of the plurality of storage areas comprising the selected level of information on a topic for display to a user; and
means for retrieving data relating to the at least one other level of information on the same topic from corresponding segment of the at least one other storage area in response to a request to change information level.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for retrieval of data relating to a plurality of levels of information comprises a store and a retrieval engine. These are arranged so that a plurality of storage areas are divided into a plurality of segments. Data relating to a given level of information for a topic is stored in a segment of one of the storage areas and data relating to at least one other level of information on the topic is stored in a corresponding segment of at least one other one of the storage areas. The retrieval engine comprising determines a selected level of information on a topic to be retrieved in response to a user request and is arranged to retrieve other levels of information on request or automatically.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for storage and retrieval of data including data relating to a plurality of levels of information comprising a store and a retrieval engine:
- the store comprising;
a plurality of storage areas each being divided into a plurality of segments and being configured such that data relating to a given level of information for a topic is stored in a segment of one of the storage areas and data relating to at least one other level of information on the topic is stored in a corresponding segment of at least one other one of the storage areas;
the retrieval engine comprising;
means for determining a selected level of information on a topic to be retrieved in response to a user request;
means for retrieving data from a segment of the one of the plurality of storage areas comprising the selected level of information on a topic for display to a user; and
means for retrieving data relating to the at least one other level of information on the same topic from corresponding segment of the at least one other storage area in response to a request to change information level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 18)
- the store comprising;
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9. A method of retrieving data in a data structure in which data relating to a plurality of levels of information are stored in a plurality of storage areas, each storage area being divided into a plurality of segments, the plurality of storage areas being configured to store data relating to a level of information on a given topic, and data relating to other levels of the information on the topic in corresponding segments of other storage areas, comprising:
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determining a selected level of information on a topic to be retrieve in response of a user request;
retrieving data from a segment of one of the plurality of storage areas comprising the selected level of information on the topic for display to the user; and
retrieving data relating to another level of information on the same topic from a corresponding segment of another storage area in response to a request to change information level. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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19. A system for storage and retrieval of data including data relating to a plurality of levels of information comprising a store and a retrieval engine:
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the store comprising;
a plurality of storage areas each being divided into a plurality of segments and being configured such that data relating to a given level of information for a topic is stored in a segment of one of the storage areas and data relating to at least one other level of information on the topic is stored in a corresponding segment of at least one other one of the storage areas;
the retrieval engine comprising;
a determiner for determining a selected level of information on a topic to be retrieved in response to a user request;
a first retriever for retrieving data from a segment of the one of the plurality of storage areas comprising the selected level of information on a topic for display to a user; and
a second retriever for retrieving data relating to the at least one other level of information on the same topic from corresponding segment of the at least one other storage area in response to a request to change information level.
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