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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 03, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Tohru Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroaki Uetsuki, Machida, JP;

Shunsuke Ishikawa, Shinjuku, JP;

Yasuyuki Tominaga, Saitama, JP;

Kenta Watanabe, Soka, JP;

Asako Ono, Setagaya, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/90 (2019.01); G06F 16/903 (2019.01); G06F 16/9038 (2019.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/90348 (2019.01); G06F 3/0605 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0686 (2013.01); G06F 16/9038 (2019.01);
Abstract

Embodiments are disclosed for a method for ordering search results. The method includes identifying a plurality of archived search results generated by a keyword search. The method also includes searching a plurality of indices of a plurality of corresponding tape libraries comprising a plurality of tapes storing the archived search results. The method additionally includes determining a plurality of estimated access times corresponding to the archived search results based on the indices. Further, the method includes sorting the archived search results based on the estimated access times to create a time-based order.


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