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A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING LARGE DATABASES VIA LIMITED QUERY SYMBOL SETS

  • US 20050192944A1
  • Filed: 02/25/2005
  • Published: 09/01/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of searching a database having a plurality of records, each record including one or more tokens, wherein the one or more tokens include one or more letters, numbers, or symbols, the method comprising:

  • generating at least one of a query symbol or a string of query symbols using two or more input keys, wherein each input key is associated with a query symbol and the number of input keys is less than the number of distinct letters, characters, and symbols;

    comparing the generated query symbol or string of query symbols to the stored records; and

    if based on the comparison the query symbol or string of query symbols match token or tokens of a record, outputting the record or records having the matching tokens on a display associated with the input keys.

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