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US 6,665,660 B1Granted
System for retrieving migratory data items, using URLs
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorsMichael R. Cordner, Richard Hildred
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Abstract
A system for retrieving cancelled bank checks. The storage locations of cancelled bank checks tend to change over the lifetimes of the checks. The invention transmits a search query which identifies checks of interest, to the computer servers handling the stored checks. The servers locate the checks, if present, which match the query. The query is transmitted to the servers as part of a URL, Uniform Resource Locator, which is an Internet address.
Claims15
A method, comprising:
- a) storing data indicative of the contents of a plurality of cancelled bank checks;
- b) receiving a URL which includes a search string;
- and
- c) performing a search of the data, using the search string, wherein the search is forwarded to multiple databases in multiple servers, based on semantics of the search string.
1 more element
A method, comprising:
- a) storing cancelled bank checks, or copies of cancelled bank checks, or both;
- b) maintaining a plurality of records, each record
- i) corresponding to a stored cancelled bank check, and
- ii) containing selected data from the check;
- c) receiving a URL containing a search query;
- and
- d) searching the records, using the search query, wherein the searching is forwarded to multiple databases in multiple servers, based on semantics of the search query.
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A system, comprising:
- a) a plurality of cancelled checks, stored at different locations;
- b) a group of databases, each containing information about a respective subset of the cancelled checks;
- and
- c) means for accepting a search query containing a single phrase, and searching all databases for cancelled checks which match the query, wherein the search query is part of a URL and the searching is forwarded to multiple databases in multiple servers, based on semantics of the search query.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.