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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
May. 23, 2012
Jens Nicholas Wessling, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Robert Dennis Kahlbaum, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Dustin James Williams, Dexter, MI (US);
Jens Nicholas Wessling, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Robert Dennis Kahlbaum, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Dustin James Williams, Dexter, MI (US);
Rovi Technologies Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Data searching performed by a server system. A query is received to search data stored in an organizing system in which data has been organized from a highest confidence quality tier to a lowest confidence quality tier. Data of the highest confidence quality tier of the organizing system is searched to satisfy the query, wherein searching the data of the highest confidence quality tier is performed before searching data of a lower confidence quality tier of the organizing system.