Method and system for implementing two-phased searching
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsJoseph Markanthony, Colin Karsten
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Abstract
A two-phased search of electronic content stored within a computer system or network is performed by recognizing patterns within the search terms provided by a user in a first phase. Based on recognized patterns within the search terms, specific sub-collections are selected for searching. The selected sub-collections are searched in the second phase using search terms provided by the user.
Claims17
A method for providing search results, the method comprising:
- receiving search terms from a user;
- recognizing patterns within the search terms received from the user;
- selecting sub-collections within an entire collection to search based on the patterns recognized within the search terms;
- searching the selected sub-collections based on the search terms provided by the user;
- and
- providing the user with relevant content located within the selected sub-collection.
A computer system for providing two-phased searching, the system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a data storage device, wherein the processor and the data storage device organize searchable content into sub-collections using a two-phase search engine application, wherein the two-phase search engine application selects the sub-collections to search based on patterns recognized in the search terms, wherein the two-phase search engine application performs a relevancy search of the selected sub-collections based on the search terms provided by the user.
A method of implementing a two-phased search system, the method comprising:
- organizing searchable content into a plurality of sub-collections, wherein content within each of the plurality of sub-collections share common attributes;
- identifying patterns associated with each of the plurality of sub-collections;
- determining whether search terms provided by a user include any of the identified patterns associated with one of the plurality of sub-collections;
- selecting the sub-collection(s) to search based on the patterns identified within the search terms;
- and
- searching the selected sub-collections based on the search terms provided by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.