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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Nandakumar Raghunathan, Redmond, WA (US);
Lokesh Bhoobalan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ashwath Narayan Raghunathan, Redmond, WA (US);
Thottam Sriram, Redmond, WA (US);
Deiva Shankar UthayaSankaralingam, Redmond, WA (US);
Robin Thomas, Kirkland, WA (US);
Tariq Sharif, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Computer systems, devices, and associated methods of providing distributed index searching are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a database server, search terms included in a search query for content from a member and in response to receiving the search terms, determining a subset of the distributed indices to be searched in response to the search query based on the received search terms and one or more records of searching features on the database server. The method also includes providing the determined list of distributed indices to be searched based on the search terms in the search query.