Network Search System and Components Thereof
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1. A networked computer system comprising:
- a domain name system server storing zone datafiles, each zone datafile storing records associated with a corresponding zone of the domain name system name space;
a search index generator operable to generate a search index,wherein at least one zone datafile stores search terms, andwherein the search index generator is operable to query the domain name system server to retrieve search terms from at least one zone datafile and to utilise said retrieved search terms in the generation of the search index.
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Abstract
There is described a networked computer system comprising a domain name system server storing zone datafiles, each zone datafile storing records associated with a corresponding zone of the domain name system name space. According to the invention, at least one zone datafile stores search terms, and a search index generator queries the domain name system server to retrieve search terms from the at least one zone datafile and utilises said retrieved search terms in the generation of a search index. In an embodiment, the zone datafile also includes pointers to other regions of the domain name space, which may or may not be in the same zone, in which search terms may be found.
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31 Claims
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1. A networked computer system comprising:
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a domain name system server storing zone datafiles, each zone datafile storing records associated with a corresponding zone of the domain name system name space; a search index generator operable to generate a search index, wherein at least one zone datafile stores search terms, and wherein the search index generator is operable to query the domain name system server to retrieve search terms from at least one zone datafile and to utilise said retrieved search terms in the generation of the search index. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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- 13. A domain name system server storing zone datafiles, each zone datafile storing records associated with a corresponding zone of the domain name system name space, wherein at least one zone datafile stores search terms associated with the corresponding zone which are retrievable by a remote search index generator.
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22. A search index generator for a networked computer system, the search index generator comprising:
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a query generator operable to generate a query for retrieving search terms from a zone datafile associated with a zone of the domain name system name space; a network interface operable to output said query and to receive a response to said query, said response including one or more search terms; and a search index maintainer operable to incorporate the received search terms in a search index. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of generating search results in response to a search query, the method comprising:
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for a plurality of domains, retrieving search terms from zone datafiles respectively corresponding to the plurality of domains, each zone data file being stored by a respective domain name system server; generating a search index using the retrieved search terms, the search index associating each of the plurality of domains with one or more search terms; and in response to a query received from a remote network device identifying at least one search term, generating search results using said search index and sending the generated search results to the remote network device. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of publishing search terms associated with a domain of the domain name space, the method comprising transmitting search terms to the domain name system server storing the zone datafile associated with said domain of the domain name space.
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