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Information retrieval system and method with implementation extensible query architecture

  • US 5,577,241 A
  • Filed: 12/07/1994
  • Issued: 11/19/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for executing search queries on a database comprising a plurality of documents, each search query having a search query operator and at least one search data element, the system comprising:

  • a search query manager that receives a search query including at least one search query operator and at least one search data element associated therewith to be operated on by the search query operator;

    a storage structure that stores associations between search query operators and query node creators, each query node creator for creating a query node that executes a search query for a search query operator upon at least one search data element associated therewith, to identify a next document therein as a function of the search query operator and the at least one search data element of the search query, and returning an identifier of the document, and a score for the document;

    a parser, coupled to the storage structure and further coupled to the search query manager for receiving therefrom the search query, the parser identifying each search query operator and search data element in the search query, and for each search query operator in the search query, identifying the query node creator associated with the search query operator and calling the associated query node creator to create a query node for the search query operator and the search data element associated therewith; and

    a processor, coupled to the parser, and receiving therefrom a first query node, and executing the first query node.

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