Biased string search structures with embedded range search structures

A computer-implemented method comprising a data processor for storing and organizing data, the data having an associated scoring function, using metalabels, the method comprising:

• storing and organizing the metalabels that are range-strings, wherein the range string comprising of an ordered sequence of at least one string and at least one n-dimensional range, each range represented by at least a minimum and maximum value and each string and range separated from preceding string or range by a delimiter;
• storing the data using a plurality of nodes in a range-string tree structure;
• receiving a search query from a user with at least one string term and with at least one n-dimensional value;
• searching via the range-string tree structure for user-defined metalabels matching the string term and the at least one n-dimensional value, wherein the at least one n-dimensional value is matched with the node in the n-dimensional range structure when it falls within the minimum and maximum range value of each of the n-dimensions;
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• identifying matching data items as search results to the user.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for organizing data via a data processor, the encoded instructions comprising:

• instructions for storing and organizing data, with an associated scoring function, using metalabels, the method comprising:
• instructions for storing and organizing the metalabels that are range-strings, wherein the range string comprising of an ordered sequence of at least one string and at least one n-dimensional range, each range represented by at least a minimum and maximum value and each string and range separated from preceding string or range by a delimiter;
• instructions for storing the data using a plurality of nodes in a range-string tree structure;
• instructions for receiving a search query from a user with at least one string term and with at least one n-dimensional value;
• instructions for searching via the range-string tree structure for user-defined metalabels matching the string term and the at least one n-dimensional value, wherein the at least one n-dimensional value is matched with the node in the n-dimensional range structure when it falls within the minimum and maximum range value of each of the n-dimensions;
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• instructions for identifying matching data items as search results to the user.