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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2009
Oleg Zaydman, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Crim, San Jose, CA (US);
Clay Maeckel, San Jose, CA (US);
Galt Johnson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Stephen Iremonger, Mountain View, CA (US);
Oleg Zaydman, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Crim, San Jose, CA (US);
Clay Maeckel, San Jose, CA (US);
Galt Johnson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Stephen Iremonger, Mountain View, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, program products, and systems for automatically searching data in multiple data fields are described. A user can view data retrieved from a database and formatted based on a layout. While viewing the data, the user can perform a search using one or more search terms. A system can automatically examine the database and identify on which tables and on which data fields of the tables to perform the search. The system can identify searchable tables and data fields by analyzing the database schema as well as characteristics of the tables and data fields.