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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsUTKARSH JAIN, FAN WANG, MARTIN IRMAN, ANDRIJA ANTONIJEVIC, XINGTAO WEI, SYED JAWAD
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In various embodiments, systems and methods are provided for generating and using a customized index. In embodiments, an index structure is constructed to efficiently utilize machines containing index portions. In this regard, the index structure for a particular application is customizable such that a number of virtual index units for a particular index type and/or a number of machines associated with the virtual index units for the particular index type can be optimized for machine and/or system performance and efficiency. Utilizing the constructed index structure, documents can be distributed to various index units, virtual index units, and/or machines in real-time or near real-time. Further, the customized index structure can be used to efficiently serve search results in response to search queries.
One or more computer-storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when executed by a computing device, perform a method for distributing documents, comprising:
The computer-storage media of claim 8 further comprising assigning the document identifier to the document.
One or more computer-storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when executed by a computing device, perform a method for serving queries, comprising:
An index system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.