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Patent Searching and Data


Title:
METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMS FOR INDEXING AND RAPIDLY SEARCHING DATA RECORDS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2006052541
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
One method involves receiving a search request that includes a date and phone number. A master index file is searched for the phone number. The master index file includes phone numbers associated with calls that occurred on the date in the search request. The master index file also includes the location of the first index record for the phone number in an index file. The index file includes an index record for each call record. Each index record includes a phone number from a call record and the location of the call record. In response to locating the phone number in the master index file, the index file is searched for each index record with the phone number. In response to locating an index record with the phone number, the call record associated with that index record is retrieved. A search result including each call record retrieved is returned.

Inventors:
NATTER DOUGLAS VAN (US)
PROCTOR RONALD (US)
MCINTOSH MITCHELL (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2005/039473
Publication Date:
October 05, 2006
Filing Date:
October 31, 2005
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Assignee:
BELLSOUTH INTELLECT PTY CORP (US)
NATTER DOUGLAS VAN (US)
PROCTOR RONALD (US)
MCINTOSH MITCHELL (US)
International Classes:
G06F17/30
Other References:
ELMASRI R ET AL: "Fundamentals of Database Systems, PASSAGE", FUNDAMENTALS OF DATABASE SYSTEMS, XX, XX, 2004, pages 455 - 491, XP002354081
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