Back to results
US 2006/0190438 A1Published application
Systems, methods, and software for retrieving information using multiple query languages
OwnerJames Breiinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An exemplary method comprises receiving a description of query language; and automatically configuring a language converter based on the received description of the query language. The language converter, or translator, can be used to adapt a system to changing query languages.
Claims14
A method comprising:
- receiving a description of query language;
- and
- automatically configuring a language converter based on the received description of the query language.
A system comprising:
- means for receiving a description of query language;
- and
- means for automatically configuring a language converter based on the received description of the language converter.
An information-retrieval system comprising:
- means, responsive to a first query language description, for normalizing a query;
- and
- means, responsive to second query language description, for translating the normalized query into a first target query suitable for a first predetermined database.
An information-retrieval system comprising:
- a base search handler, responsive to a first query language description, for normalizing a query;
- and
- a first parallel search handler, responsive to second query language description, for translating the normalized query into a first target query suitable for a first predetermined database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.