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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2002
Yaroslav Faybishenko, Berkeley, CA (US);
Gene H. Kan, Belmont, CA (US);
Thomas J. Camarda, Staten Island, NY (US);
Sherif Botros, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
John Beatty, San Francisco, CA (US);
Douglass R. Cutting, Petaluma, CA (US);
Yaroslav Faybishenko, Berkeley, CA (US);
Gene H. Kan, Belmont, CA (US);
Thomas J. Camarda, Staten Island, NY (US);
Sherif Botros, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
John Beatty, San Francisco, CA (US);
Douglass R. Cutting, Petaluma, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for resolving search queries to information providers in a distributing search network. In a network including nodes generating search requests and nodes providing information, a node may operate as hub to route search requests from requesting nodes to provider nodes. Providers may register with a network hub. Registration information may include address information and data indicating the queries or type of queries for which that provider may have relevant data. A hub may resolve search queries against provider registrations to determine a set of providers to which to route each search query. Several systems and methods of selecting some of the providers are described, including the use of bidding, ranking, and statistical data.