Obtaining and verifying search indices
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving an electronic item at a device;
receiving, by the device, a hint indicating whether a searchable index comprising an item index of terms for the electronic item is available for download by the device;
determining, by the device, based on the hint a manner in which to obtain the searchable index for the electronic item from among multiple possible manners of obtaining the searchable index, the possible manners of obtaining the searchable index include generating the searchable index at the device and downloading the searchable index from a remote data store; and
obtaining the searchable index in the determined manner.
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Abstract
Electronic items may be searched using search indices. A user device may determine a manner in which to obtain a search index for an electronic item from among multiple possible manners of obtaining the search index, and the search index may be obtained in the determined manner. Verification may also be performed to determine if electronic items stored in memory of the user device have changed.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving an electronic item at a device; receiving, by the device, a hint indicating whether a searchable index comprising an item index of terms for the electronic item is available for download by the device; determining, by the device, based on the hint a manner in which to obtain the searchable index for the electronic item from among multiple possible manners of obtaining the searchable index, the possible manners of obtaining the searchable index include generating the searchable index at the device and downloading the searchable index from a remote data store; and obtaining the searchable index in the determined manner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a handheld electronic reader device, a hint indicating whether a searchable index is available for download from a remote data store; deciding, by the handheld electronic reader device, to generate the searchable index at the handheld electronic reader device, instead of downloading the searchable index from the remote data store; and initiating search index generation on the handheld electronic reader device, in response to deciding to generate the searchable index at the handheld electronic reader device instead of downloading the searchable index from the remote data store. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A handheld electronic book reader device comprising:
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a processor; and memory storing instructions executable on the processor to perform operations comprising; receiving an electronic item at the handheld electronic book reader device; receiving, by the handheld electronic book reader device, a hint indicating whether a searchable index comprising an item index of terms for the electronic item is available for download by the handheld electronic book reader device; determining, by the handheld electronic book reader device, based on the hint a manner in which to obtain the searchable index for the electronic item from among multiple possible manners of obtaining the searchable index, the possible manners of obtaining the searchable index include generating the searchable index at the handheld electronic book reader device and downloading the searchable index from a remote data store; and obtaining the searchable index in the determined manner. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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