Tiered and content based database searching
First Claim
1. A method to be used with a system including a processor linked to a plurality of databases on which records are stored, a local database linked relatively proximate the processor and an Internet linked database, the method for efficiently searching the databases for at least one record referenced by a DR and comprising the steps of:
- a) receiving a DR;
b) searching the local database for records referenced by the received DR;
c) searching at least one Internet linked database for records referenced by the received DR; and
d) rendering identified records accessible.
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Abstract
A method to be used with a system including a processor linked to a plurality of databases on which records are stored, a local database linked relatively proximate the processor and an Internet linked database, the method for efficiently searching the databases for at least one record referenced by a DR and comprising the steps of, a) receiving a DR, b) searching the local database for records referenced by the received DR, c) searching at least one Internet linked database for records referenced by the received DR, and d) rendering identified records accessible.
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19 Claims
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1. A method to be used with a system including a processor linked to a plurality of databases on which records are stored, a local database linked relatively proximate the processor and an Internet linked database, the method for efficiently searching the databases for at least one record referenced by a DR and comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving a DR;
b) searching the local database for records referenced by the received DR;
c) searching at least one Internet linked database for records referenced by the received DR; and
d) rendering identified records accessible. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method to be used to identify records, the method for use with a system including a local processor linked to at least one local database on which records are stored and at least one Internet linked database linked to at least one Internet linked database on which records are stored, the local processor linked to the Internet linked processor via a network, the records referenceable via data references (DRs), the method for efficiently searching the databases for records referenced by a DR and comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving a DR;
b) using the local processor to search the local database for records referenced by the DR;
c) linking the local processor to the Internet linked processor, sending the DR to the Internet linked processor and using the Internet linked processor to search the remote database for records referenced by the DR;
d) sending indicators of records identified by the Internet linked processor to the local processor as records identified remotely; and
f) rendering at least a subset of the locally identified records and the remotely identified records separately accessible. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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