System and method for searching internet domains

• US 7,490,082 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2004
• Issued: 02/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Naick, Indran, Wilson, Jeffrey K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Alam; Shahid A
• Application Number:
  US10/942,450
• Publication Number:
  US 20060059126A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,608 Days
• Field of Search: 707/3, 707/5, 707/7, 707/10, 707/2, 707/102
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9532 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99935 Query augmenting and refining, e.g. inexact access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

The present invention is a method and system for executing whole domain searches based on user queries and producing a result list of root nodes. The method and system comprise searching a network containing a plurality of web sites further containing a plurality of pages by examining all pages of a web site and comparing indexed terms to desired search terms. A result list of domain root nodes is returned wherein not all search terms may appear on a single document or associated page of the root page. Pages containing desired search terms may be indexed and mapped to root nodes for access from a result list.

Claims

1. A method for providing search results for a network, said network having a plurality of sites, comprising:

indexing a plurality of pages included in a site of said plurality of sites into a single searchable entity;

receiving a query, said query including at least two search terms and a NOT term;

searching said single searchable entity based on said query;

discarding an additional site of said plurality of sites when a first page included in said additional site of said plurality of sites does not contain said first term of said at least two search terms and a second page included in said additional site of said plurality of sites does not contain said second term of said at least two search terms; and

providing a list including a root page included in said site of said plurality of sites when a first page included in said site of said plurality of sites contains a first search term of said at least two search terms but not a second search term of said at least two search terms and a second page included in said site of said plurality of sites contains said second search term of said at least two search terms but not said first search term of said at least two search terms, said list is ranked according to a weighing system.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said providing a list including a root page included in said site of said plurality of sites when a first page included in said site of said plurality of sites contains a first search term of said at least two search terms but not a second search term of said at least two search terms and a second page included in said site of said plurality of sites contains said second search term of said at least two search terms but not said first search term of said at least two search terms comprises:

providing said list including said root page included in said site of said plurality of sites when said site of said plurality of sites does not include a page that contains said NOT term.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising providing a list of pages included in said site of said plurality of sites which contain at least one of said first search term of said at least two search terms and said second term of said at least two search terms.

4. A computer system, including at least one processor, at least one memory, and at least one bus which couples the at least one processor and at least one memory, for providing search results for a network, said network having a plurality of sites, the computer system comprising:

means for indexing a plurality of pages included in a site of said plurality of sites into a single searchable entity;

means for receiving a query, said query including at least two search terms and a NOT term;

means for searching said single searchable entity based on said query;

means for discarding an additional site of said plurality of sites when a first page included in said additional site of said plurality of sites does not contain said first term of said at least two search terms and a second page included in said additional site of said plurality of sites does not contain said second term of said at least two search terms; and

means for providing a list including a root page included in said site of said plurality of sites when a first page included in said site of said plurality of sites contains a first search term of said at least two search terms but not a second search term of said at least two search terms and a second page included in said site of said plurality of sites contains said second search term of said at least two search terms but not said first search term of said at least two search terms, said list is ranked according to a weighing system.

5. The computer system as claimed in claim 4, wherein said means for providing a list including a root page included in said site of said plurality of sites when a first page included in said site of said plurality of sites contains a first search term of said at least two search terms but not a second search term of said at least two search terms and a second page included in said site of said plurality of sites contains said second search term of said at least two search terms but not said first search term of said at least two search terms further comprises means for providing said list including said root page included in said site of said plurality of sites when said site of said plurality of sites does not include a page that contains said NOT term.

6. The computer system as claimed in claim 4, further comprising means for providing a list of pages included in said site of said plurality of sites which contain at least one of said first search term of said at least two search terms and said second term of said at least two search terms.

7. A computer readable storage medium containing program instructions for providing search results for a network, said network having a plurality of sites, the program instructions comprising:

indexing a plurality of pages included in a site of said plurality of sites into a single searchable entity;

receiving a query, said query including at least two search terms and a NOT term;

searching said single searchable entity based on said query;

discarding an additional site of said plurality of sites when a first page included in said additional site of said plurality of sites does not contain said first term of said at least two search terms and a second page included in said additional site of said plurality of sites does not contain said second term of said at least two search terms; and

providing a list including a root page included in said site of said plurality of sites when a first page included in said site of said plurality of sites contains a first search term of said at least two search terms but not a second search term of said at least two search terms and a second page included in said site of said plurality of sites contains said second search term of said at least two search terms but not said first search term of said at least two search terms, said list is ranked according to a weighing system.

8. The computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 7, wherein said providing a list including a root page included in said site of said plurality of sites when a first page included in said site of said plurality of sites contains a first search term of said at least two search terms but not a second search term of said at least two search terms and a second page included in said site of said plurality of sites contains said second search term of said at least two search terms but not said first search term of said at least two search terms comprises:

providing said list including said root page included in said site of said plurality of sites when said site of said plurality of sites does not include a page that contains said NOT term.

9. The computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 8, further comprising providing a list of pages included in said site of said plurality of sites which contain at least one of said first search term of said at least two search terms and said second term of said at least two search terms.