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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Gregory S. Felderman, Westminster, CO (US);
Brian K. Hoyt, Thornton, CO (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product for searching documents within a collection includes partitioning the collection into a plurality of document segments based on a range of values for a document attribute. Each document segment is associated with a different value range for the document attribute and includes documents each with a value for the document attribute within the associated value range. The system, method and computer program product also determines one or more document segments to search based on one or more search criteria within a search request pertaining to the document attribute. The system, method and computer program product further searches the determined one or more document segments for information satisfying the search request.