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Efficient evaluation of complex search queries

  • US 20070033165A1
  • Filed: 08/02/2005
  • Published: 02/08/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer-implemented method for searching a corpus of documents having an index, the method comprising:

  • receiving a complex query, which comprises a plurality of words conjoined by operators comprising a root operator and at least one intermediate operator;

    assigning respective advancement potentials to the words in the complex query;

    applying a consultation method to the words and operators in the complex query in order to choose one of the words responsively to the advancement potentials;

    advancing through the index in order to find a document containing the chosen one of the words; and

    evaluating the document to determine whether the document satisfies the complex query.

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