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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2015
Splunk Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael E. Cormier, Delray Beach, FL (US);
William E. Thackrey, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Earl D. Cox, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Splunk, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that updates a context that facilitates evaluating qualitative search terms for an attribute during query processing. During operation, the system extracts a value for the attribute from each data item in a set of data items. Next, the system updates the context based on the extracted attribute values, wherein the context includes a concept-mapping for one or more qualitative search terms applied to the attribute, and wherein each concept-mapping associates a given attribute value with a numerical compatibility index that indicates a compatibility between the given attribute value and a corresponding qualitative search term.