Searching For A Business Name In A Database

A system including:

• a parser configured to receive a search query that includes an input search string, the input search string including a plurality of terms, to compare each of the plurality of terms to a list of category terms, to identify a matching term as a category term for each of the plurality of terms matching one of the list of category terms, and to identify a non-matching term as a naming term for each of the plurality of terms not matching one of the list of category terms;
• category search logic to filter the plurality of business names based on each identified category term to produce a reduced set of business names;
• and
• naming search logic to compare at least one identified naming term to the reduced set of business names to identify at least one matching name.

A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to:

• receive a search query that includes the input search string, the input search string including a plurality of terms compare each of the plurality of terms to a list of category terms;
• for each of the plurality of terms matching one of the list of category terms, identify the matching term as a category term;
• for each of the plurality of terms not matching one of the list of category terms, identify the non-matching term as a naming term;
• filter the plurality of business names based on each identified category term to produce a reduced set of business names;
• and
• compare at least one identified naming term to the reduced set of business names to identify at least one matching name, wherein the at least one matching name is not an address, phone number, postal code, location, area code, account number, or Standard Industry Classification (SIC) code.