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AssigneeArcessa, Inc.
InventorsGary W. Tripp, Michael D. Meadway, Claude E. Duguay
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A search engine utilizes a bottom-up approach to index the content of a network with agent programs running on each host computer instead of relying on a top-down approach as used by conventional search engines. A central catalog of object references is compiled on the central site or sites from the meta data reported from each web site. One or more brochure files may also be created and stored on each web site to provide conceptual or non-key-word data about the site, such as target demographics and categorization information. This conceptual information is then utilized in constructing the central catalog so that more accurate search results may be generated for search queries applied to the catalog.
A method for constructing a catalog of object references corresponding to objects stored within a network, the network including a plurality of interconnected computers with at least one computer storing the catalog, each computer storing the catalog being designated a cataloging site, and the other computers on the network storing a plurality of objects and being designated source sites, the method comprising:
A method for constructing a catalog of object references on a cataloging computer on a computer network, the computer network further including a plurality of interconnected source computers, comprising:
A method for constructing a catalog of object references to objects on a site in a network, the network including a plurality of sites and the objects on the site not being accessible to other sites on the network, comprising;
A method for constructing a catalog of object references from objects stored within a network, the network including a plurality of interconnected computers with one computer storing the catalog and being designated a cataloging site and each of the other computers storing a plurality of objects and being designated a source site, the method comprising:
A computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions for constructing a catalog of object references about objects stored on a source site in a network, the network including a plurality of sites, the objects on the source site not being accessible to other sites on the network, the computer-executable instructions operable for:
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