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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2014
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Kaelin Lee Colclasure, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ruxton J. Tucker, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Bradley R M Suinn, Fort Collins, CO (US);
John Martin Hornkvist, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yan Arrouye, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brent Callaghan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for searching metadata are described herein. In one embodiment, an example of a process for search metadata includes, hut is not limited to, in response to a search query for metadata stored in one or more of metadata stores, the search query is partitioned into multiple search query segments. Thereafter, searches corresponding to the search query segments are performed, where each search is performed independently within the one or more metadata stores. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.