Tammy E King

US Patent:

20130151498, Jun 13, 2013

Filed:

Feb 11, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/764739

Inventors:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond NY, US
Dennis Doherty - Redmond WA, US
Claude Duguay - Kenmore WA, US
William Radcliffe - Redmond WA, US
Virgil Bourassa - Bellevue WA, US
Tammy King - Sammamish WA, US
John Sheppard - Monroe WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707706, 707756

Abstract:

A search engine database may a segmented structure that preserves individual document references and allows updating as well as scalability. A set of segment managers may receive new, updated, or deleted documents and update a set of term matrices from which a published search matrix may be generated. The database may have a very large term dictionary and may use a hash function to create term identifiers without having to look up terms in the dictionary. The database may be maintained by many systems operating in parallel for high scalability.

US Patent:

8375021, Feb 12, 2013

Filed:

Apr 26, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/766932

Inventors:

Patrick Sokolan - Redmond WA, US
Dennis Doherty - Redmond WA, US
Claude Duguay - Kenmore WA, US
William Radcliffe - Redmond WA, US
Virgil Bourassa - Bellevue WA, US
Tammy King - Sammamish WA, US
John Sheppard - Monroe WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707711

Abstract:

A search engine database may a segmented structure that preserves individual document references and allows updating as well as scalability. A set of segment managers may receive new, updated, or deleted documents and update a set of term matrices from which a published search matrix may be generated. The database may have a very large term dictionary and may use a hash function to create term identifiers without having to look up terms in the dictionary. The database may be maintained by many systems operating in parallel for high scalability.