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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Hui Shen, Beijing, CN;
Mao Yang, Beijing, CN;
Lintao Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Zhenyu Zhao, Beijing, CN;
Xiao Wu, Beijing, CN;
Ying Yan, Beijing, CN;
Xiaosong Yang, Beijing, CN;
Chad Walters, Bellevue, WA (US);
Choong Soon Chang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Subject matter described herein includes a multi-layer search-engine index. Accordingly, the search-engine index is divided into multiple indexes, each of which includes a respective set of information used to serve (i.e., respond to) a query. One index includes a term index, which organizes a set of terms that are found among a collection of documents. Another index includes a document index, which organizes a set of documents that are searchable. A computing device is used to serve the search-engine index (i.e., to analyze the index when identifying documents relevant to a search query). For example, a solid-state device might be used to serve the multi-layer search-engine index.