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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2012
Applicants:
John M. Hornkvist, Cupertino, CA (US);
Eric R. Koebler, Aptos, CA (US);
Inventors:
John M. Hornkvist, Cupertino, CA (US);
Eric R. Koebler, Aptos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0605 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 11/3034 (2013.01); G06F 11/3055 (2013.01); H04L 41/046 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 41/0886 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01);
Abstract
Directory tree searching uses a path index to determine a set of documents for a directory path portion of a search query. The set of documents for the directory path portion is evaluated with a set of document for an indexed term portion of the search query to determine common documents.