Method, device and software for querying and presenting search results
CA 2537270 C · Owner: Gosse, David B. · Inventors: Gosse, David B.; Kim, Jungho; Nutzman, Justin R.
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There is disclosed a method, device, and software for presenting search results in a response to an end-user query. Search results are combined from results from a plurality of indexes, each of the search results having an associated key field. Index entries of each of the plurality of indexes are queried using an index-specific search algorithm to obtain a set of matching search results for each index, each matching search result having a quality of match specific to its index. A relative priority is determined for each of the plurality of indexes and the matching search results from the plurality of indexes are combined into a merged list of ordered search results based on the …
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- Filed August 27, 2004 and granted February 18, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 27, 2024.
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