Networked information indexing and search apparatus and method
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1. A device connectable to a network, the device comprising:
- an integrator configured to integrate the device on the network using dynamically-established network settings including a network address for the network device;
a resource identifier configured to;
traverse at least a portion of the network to discover one or more network devices connected to the network;
identify information sources associated with at least one of the discovered network devices;
generate at least one index of information items associated with the identified information sources;
an information retrieval engine configured to identify information items available from the identified information sources that satisfy a search criteria.
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Abstract
A networked information indexing and search apparatus and method provide access, including indexing and search access, to information located on one or more intranets, the Internet, or both. The networked search apparatus, also referred to herein as a network search device or network search appliance, and method comprise configuration, indexing, and searching capabilities to facilitate networked information search and retrieval.
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1. A device connectable to a network, the device comprising:
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an integrator configured to integrate the device on the network using dynamically-established network settings including a network address for the network device;
a resource identifier configured to;
traverse at least a portion of the network to discover one or more network devices connected to the network;
identify information sources associated with at least one of the discovered network devices;
generate at least one index of information items associated with the identified information sources;
an information retrieval engine configured to identify information items available from the identified information sources that satisfy a search criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for use with a device connectable to a network, the method comprising:
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integrating the device on the network using dynamically-established network settings including a network address for the network device;
traversing at least a portion of the network to discover one or more network devices connected to the network;
identifying information sources associated with at least one of the discovered network devices;
generating at least one index of information items associated with the identified information sources;
identifying information items available from the identified information sources that satisfy a search criteria.
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- 25. The method of claim 25, further comprising maintaining a list of discovered network devices.
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26. The method of claim 26, further comprising identifying information sources using the discovered network devices list.
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28. The method of claim 28, wherein:
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the domain table includes a name corresponding to each domain;
the URI table includes a URI for each document, together with a last modification date and an index time;
the page table has an entry for each page. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 34, 35, 36)
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29. The method of claim 29, wherein the page comprises a web page, an electronic mail page, or a page within a document.
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32. The method of claim 32, further comprising storing the lexicon in a buffer having an N-ary trie structure, where N represents a number of elements in a character set.
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33. The method of claim 33, further comprising identifying updates to the lexicon while indexing the information items associated with the identified information sources, the updates being stored in the N-ary trie buffer structure prior to being written to the database.
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