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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Utkarsh Jain, Bellevue, WA (US);
Fan Wang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Martin Irman, Richmond, CA;
Andrija Antonijevic, Bellevue, WA (US);
Xingtao Wei, Coquitlam, CA;
Syed Jawad, Vancouver, CA;
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments, systems and methods are provided for generating and using a customized index. In embodiments, an index structure is constructed to efficiently utilize machines containing index portions. In this regard, the index structure for a particular application is customizable such that a number of virtual index units for a particular index type and/or a number of machines associated with the virtual index units for the particular index type can be optimized for machine and/or system performance and efficiency. Utilizing the constructed index structure, documents can be distributed to various index units, virtual index units, and/or machines in real-time or near real-time. Further, the customized index structure can be used to efficiently serve search results in response to search queries.