Resource searching
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1. A system for resource handling comprising:
- means for receiving a query and for providing a response;
means for using said query to search resources locally available to said means for receiving; and
means for storing metadata respectively associated with each of said resources, wherein said query is correlated with said resources and said metadata both such that said response indicative of a match between at least two of said resources and said query is a ranked search result included in said response.
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Abstract
A system and method for resource handling. In an environment for receiving a query and for providing a response, the query is used to search resources locally available. Metadata is associated with each of said resources. The resources and said metadata are both analyzed with respect to the query such that said response indicative of a match between at least two of said resources and said query is a ranked search result included in said response. The invention is exemplified in an adaptation to peer-to-peer network applications.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for resource handling comprising:
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means for receiving a query and for providing a response;
means for using said query to search resources locally available to said means for receiving; and
means for storing metadata respectively associated with each of said resources, wherein said query is correlated with said resources and said metadata both such that said response indicative of a match between at least two of said resources and said query is a ranked search result included in said response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for handling resource allocation and retrieval, the method comprising:
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storing resources;
storing metadata respectively associated with each of said resources;
receiving a query potentially associated with said resources;
performing said query on said resources and on said metadata for locating any potential match; and
responding to said query with ranked results indicative of relevancy of each of said resources having a potential match to said query. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer memory having associative computer code comprising:
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computer code for looking up a content file directory location and content identity based on a query;
computer code for parsing a respective directory path related to each content file that is matched to said query;
computer code for storing metadata relating each said content file that is matched to said query by content identity coupled to each element of said respective directory path; and
computer code for returning an answer to said query indicative of said content file directory location and said content identity wherein each content file that is matched to said query is ranked in accordance with said metadata. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of doing business in a network of distributed content files, the method comprising:
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providing at least one directory wherein said directory includes some of said distributed content files;
providing remote access to said directory via submission of a query;
associating each of said content files with a related metadata set wherein for each one of said content files the related metadata set includes parsed individual path elements of a directory path into said directory and each of said path elements is associated with a content identifier, such that a ranking of the content file associated with each of said files is established; and
providing a search result to the query wherein said ranking of each match of the query to a content file is included in said result. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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