Method and system for database manipulation
AssigneeRequisite Technology, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Wade Beall, Michael Renn Neal, James Michael Wilmsen
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are described to perform cascading search methodologies records in a database. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a free-form search string, comprising one or more search terms, from a user, searching a database to identify records in the database containing the search string, if no data records are identified, searching the database by applying an ordered sequence of search algorithms to identify data records containing strings similar to the search string, and to display the identified records.
Claims37
A method comprising:
- receiving a free-form search string, comprising one or more search terms, from a user;
- searching a database to identify records in the database containing the search string;
- and
- if no data records are identified, searching the database by applying an ordered sequence of search algorithms to identify data records containing strings similar to the search string.
A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a free-form search string, comprising one or more search terms, from a user;
- searching a database to identify records in the database containing the search string;
- and
- if no data records are identified, searching the database by applying an ordered sequence of search algorithms to identify data records containing strings similar to the search string.
A apparatus comprising:
- means for receiving a free-form search string, comprising one or more search terms, from a user;
- means for searching a database to identify records in the database containing the search string;
- and
- if no data records are identified, means for searching the database by applying an ordered sequence of search algorithms to identify data records containing strings similar to the search string.
An apparatus comprising:
- a network interface operable to receive a free-form search string, comprising one or more search terms, from a user;
- a database;
- and
- a server connected to the network interface and to the database, to search the database to identify records in the database containing the search string, if no data records are identified, the server to search the database by applying an ordered sequence of search algorithms to identify data records containing strings similar to the search string.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.