SEARCH METHODS

• US 20100174744A1
• Filed: 03/18/2010
• Published: 07/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John C. Wang
• Original Assignee: John C. Wang
• Inventors: Wang, John C.
• Application Number:
  US12/726,976
• Publication Number:
  US 20100174744A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/242 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2748 by matching character strings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Abstract

Search methods. A string is first received. The string is divided to generate at least one string fragment set, comprising of at least a first and a second fragments. A record conforming to the string fragment set is searched for and retrieved. A first data block of the record may include or begin with the first fragment, and a second block may include or begin with the second fragment. The first block may include or begin with the second fragment, and the second block may include or begin with the first fragment.

Claims

1. A search method, comprising:

receiving a string;

dividing the string to generate at least one string fragment set having at least a first fragment and a second fragment; and

searching and retrieving at least one record conforming to the string fragment set, wherein the first fragment or the second fragment matches with content of the record from the second character to the last character of the content.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

searching and retrieving at least a first record conforming to the string fragment set, wherein the first record comprises a first data block and a second data block, the first fragment matches any portion of content from the second character to the last character of the first data block of the first record, and the second fragment matches any portion of content from the second character to the last character of the second data block of the first record; and

searching and retrieving at least a second record conforming to the string fragment set, wherein the second record comprises a first data block and a second data block, the second fragment matches any portion of content from the second character to the last character of the first data block of the second record, and the first fragment matches any portion of content from the second character to the last character of the second data block of the second record.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a keystroke set, wherein the keystroke corresponding to a plurality of letters, and the string is obtained based on the keystroke set.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the string further comprises a division symbol, and the string is divided according to the position of the division symbol.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the division symbol comprises a blank space, a comma or a slash.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the first record or the second record comprises at least one data field, and the method further comprises obtaining the first data block and the second data block of the record from the same data field thereof.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the first record or the second record comprises a plurality of data fields, and the method further comprises respectively obtaining the first data block and the second data block of the record from different data fields thereof.

8. A machine-readable storage medium having a computer program, which causes a device to perform a search method during operation, the method comprising:

receiving a string;

dividing the string to generate at least one string fragment set having at least a first fragment and a second fragment; and

searching and retrieving at least one record conforming to the string fragment set, wherein the first fragment or the second fragment matches with content of the record from the second character to the last character of the content.

9. The storage medium of claim 8, the method further comprising:

searching and retrieving at least a first record conforming to the string fragment set, wherein the first record comprises a first data block and a second data block, the first fragment matches any portion of content from the second character to the last character of the first data block of the first record, and the second fragment matches any portion of content from the second character to the last character of the second data block of the first record; and

searching and retrieving at least a second record conforming to the string fragment set, wherein the second record comprises a first data block and a second data block, the second fragment matches any portion of content from the second character to the last character of the first data block of the second record, and the first fragment matches any portion of content from the second character to the last character of the second data block of the second record.

10. The storage medium of claim 8, the method further comprising receiving a keystroke set, wherein the keystroke corresponding to a plurality of letters, and the string is obtained based on the keystroke set.

11. The storage medium of claim 8, wherein the string further comprises a division symbol, and the string is divided according to the position of the division symbol.

12. The storage medium of claim 11, wherein the division symbol comprises a blank space, a comma or a slash.

13. The storage medium of claim 9, wherein the first record or the second record comprises at least one data field, and the method further comprises obtaining the first data block and the second data block of the record from the same data field thereof.

14. The storage medium of claim 9, wherein the first record or the second record comprises a plurality of data fields, and the method further comprises respectively obtaining the first data block and the second data block of the record from different data fields thereof.