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Keyword searches of structured databases

  • US 6,094,649 A
  • Filed: 12/22/1997
  • Issued: 07/25/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method supporting keyword searches of data items in a structured database, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

  • selecting at least one data item in the structured database, each selected item containing data and each selected item having a corresponding location identifier which identifies the item'"'"'s location within the structured database;

    documenting the selected data items by creating at least one document outside the structured database which contains a textual representation of each selected item'"'"'s data; and

    indexing the documents by creating an index outside the database, the index associating keywords in the textual representation of each selected item'"'"'s data with that item'"'"'s location identifier,wherein the structured database includes data items organized as records in relations according to a data dictionary, the selecting step includes the step of providing a supplemental data dictionary which identifies selected records or tables, and the indexing step only indexes records and tables that are identified by the supplemental data dictionary.

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