Method for locating application records in an interactive service database
CA 1340789 C · Owner: Prodigy Services Company · Inventors: Dalsass, Aldo R.; Gordon, Michael L.; Wong, Florence L.
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A method for locating application records in an interactive-service database is described. The method features steps for creating multiple search tables which represent subsets of the database to be interrogated; for example the applications of an interactive service. In accord with the method steps are provided for arranging the tables with keyword, record locators, indexed to record identifiers. Additionally the method includes steps for providing each table with a unique coding and steps for generating table codes at the user reception system in response to a query for a database record entered with a variety of search strategies; as for example character string, searching approximating …
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- Granted October 12, 1999. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 12, 2016.
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