Patent ReferencesMethod and system for generating accurate search results using a content-index System and method for portable document indexing using n-gram word decomposition Data system with distributed tree indexes and method for maintaining the indexes System and method for selective and continuous index generation Web internet screen customizing system Process for maintaining ongoing registration for pages on a given search engine Search engine using indexing method for storing and retrieving data Patent #: 6278992 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 299826 filed on 04/26/1999US Classes:715/501.1, Hypermedia707/3, Query processing (i.e., searching)707/4Query formulation, input preparation, or translationExaminersPrimary: Feild, Joseph H.Assistant: Nguyen, Maikhanh Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 015/00AbstractA method, system, signal, and software program for handling search through the use of a page index. Searches are performed across a plurality of content information sources and content types. For every search that returns unique search results, the page index is updated to include links to those pages. Accessing the same page multiple times does not cause multiple entries in the page index, and no search results nor page index entries are deleted as a result of additional searches performed. | |