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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2004
Applicants:
Jens-peter Dittrich, Heidelberg, DE;
Olaf Meincke, Heidelberg, DE;
Guenter Radestock, Karlsruhe, DE;
Andrew Ross, Altrip, DE;
Inventors:
Jens-Peter Dittrich, Heidelberg, DE;
Olaf Meincke, Heidelberg, DE;
Guenter Radestock, Karlsruhe, DE;
Andrew Ross, Altrip, DE;
Assignee:
SAP AG, Walldorf, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for executing an information retrieval query in a multiserver computing environment is disclosed. The method and system employ a technique in which the query is distributed among each of a plurality of partial index servers in the multiserver environment, and a subset of results is calculated for each of the plurality of partial index servers. Then, the subset of results are merged in one logical index server to generate a merged result.