Methods and systems for performing search interpretation
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1. A method of retrieving information, comprising:
- establishing a query;
searching a first database in response to said query, said searching resulting in a first search result;
searching a second database in response to said query and said first search result; and
retrieving said information in response to said second search.
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Abstract
A method and system is provided for retrieving information. In one embodiment, the method may include establishing a query and searching a first database in response to said query to obtain a first search result. Also, the method includes searching a second database in response to said query and said first search result and retrieving said information in response to said second search. Further, a local database system may control access to a user providing the query based on an affiliation between the user and an entity associated with the local database system.
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37 Claims
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1. A method of retrieving information, comprising:
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establishing a query;
searching a first database in response to said query, said searching resulting in a first search result;
searching a second database in response to said query and said first search result; and
retrieving said information in response to said second search. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for providing information in a distributed computing system including a first database storing first information and a second database storing second information, the method comprising:
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receiving a user query including search criteria from a user;
determining whether the search criteria includes data corresponding to at least one of the first and second information;
searching for information corresponding to the search criteria based on the determination, wherein searching includes;
when the data included in the search criteria corresponds to the first information, searching the first database based on the user query to obtain a first search result from the first information, searching the second database based on the first search result to obtain a second search result from the second information, and generating user results from the first and second search results; and
when the data included in the search criteria corresponds to the second information, searching the second database based on the user query to obtain a third search result from the second information, searching the first database based on the user query to obtain a fourth search result from the first information, and generating user results from the third and fourth search results; and
providing the user results to the user. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for providing information, comprising:
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a user system configured to provide a user query formulated by a user;
an external database system configured to search for external database information from an external database; and
a local database system configured to receive the user query and determine whether the user query is one of a first or second type of query, wherein when the user query is a first type, the local database system provides the user query to the external database system to obtain a first search result from the external database, searches a local database based on the first search result to obtain a second search result, and generates user results from the first and second search results, and wherein when the user query is a second type, the local database system searches the local database based on the user query to obtain a third search result, provides an external query to the external database system based on the user query to obtain a fourth search result from the external database, and generates user results from the third and fourth search results. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A computer-readable medium including instructions for performing a method, when executed by a processor, for retrieving information, the method comprising:
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establishing a query;
searching a first database in response to said query, said searching resulting in a first search result;
searching a second database in response to said query and said first search result; and
retrieving said information in response to said second search.
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37. A computer-readable medium including instructions for performing a method, when executed by a processor, for providing information in a distributed computing system including a first database storing first information and a second database storing second information, the method comprising:
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receiving a user query including search criteria from a user;
determining whether the search criteria includes data corresponding to at least one of the first and second information;
searching for information corresponding to the search criteria based on the determination, wherein searching includes;
when the data included in the search criteria corresponds to the first information, searching the first database based on the user query to obtain a first search result from the first information, searching the second database based on the first search result to obtain a second search result from the second information, and generating user results from the first and second search results; and
when the data included in the search criteria corresponds to the second information, searching the second database based on the user query to obtain a third search result from the second information, searching the first database based on the user query to obtain a fourth search result from the first information, and generating user results from the third and fourth search results; and
providing the user results to the user.
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