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`United States Patent (19)
`Ferrel et al.
`Ferrel et al.
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`54 INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM IN AN
`[54] INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM IN AN
`ON-LINE NETWORK INCLUDING
`ON-LINE NETWORK INCLUDING
`SEPARATE CONTENT AND LAYOUT OF
`SEPARATE CONTENT AND LAYOUT OF
`PUBLISHED TITLES
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`PUBLISHED TITLES
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`Patent Number:
`5,907,837
`5,907,837
`[11] Patent Number: (cid:9)
`(45) Date of Patent:
`*May 25, 1999
`[45] Date of Patent: (cid:9)
`*May 25,1999
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`2/1996 Belove et al. (cid:9)
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`5,491,820 2/1996 Belove et al. .......................... 395/600
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`FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
`FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
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`75 Inventors: Patrick J. Ferrel, Seattle; Randy Kerr,
`[75] Inventors: Patrick J. Ferrel, Seattle; Randy Kerr,
`Redmond; Krishna Nareddy, Bellevue;
`Redmond; Krishna Nareddy, Bellevue;
`Krishna Uppala, Redmond, all of
`Krishna Uppala, Redmond, all of
`Wash.
`Wash.
`73 Assignee: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond,
`[73] Assignee: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond,
`Wash.
`Wash.
`This patent issued on a continued pros-
`This patent issued on a continued pros-
`ecution application filed under 37 CFR
`ecution application filed under 37 CFR
`1.53(d), and is subject to the twenty year
`1.53(d), and is subject to the twenty year
`patent term provisions of 35 U.S.C.
`pass" provisions of 35 U.S.C.
`154(a)(2).
`Z.
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`[ * ] Notice: (cid:9)
`*
`Notice:
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`[21] Appl. No.: 08/560,281
`21 Appl. No.: 08/560,281
`22 Filed:
`Nov. 17, 1995
`[22] Filed: (cid:9)
`Nov. 17, 1995
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`Related U.S. Application Data
`Related U.S. Application Data
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`[63] Continuation of application No. 08/503,343, Jul. 17, 1995.
`63 Continuation of application No. 08/503,343, Jul. 17, 1995.
`(51) Int. Cl. ................................................ G06F 17/30
`[51] Int. C1.6
` GO6F 17/30
`52 U.S. Cl. .............................. 707/3; 707/103; 707/104;
`[52] U.S. Cl. (cid:9)
` 707/3; 707/103; 707/104;
`707/500; 707/517; 707/525; 707/522; 707/526
`707/500; 707/517; 707/525; 707/522; 707/526
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`[58] Field of Search (cid:9)
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`395/615, 610; 707/522, 104,103, 3,500,
`395/615, 610; 707/522, 104, 103, 3, 500,
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`O 622 743 A2 11/1994 European Pat. Off.
`0 749 081 Al 12/1996 European Pat. Off. .
`0 749 081 A1 12/1996 European Pat. Off..
`OTHER PUBLICATIONS
`OTHER PUBLICATIONS
`European Search Report dated Oct. 13, 1998, corresonding
`European Search Report dated Oct. 13, 1998, corresonding
`to EPO Application No. 96118399.3–2201.
`to EPO Application No. 96118399.3-2201.
`(List continued on next page.)
`(List continued on next page.)
`Primary Examiner Paul V. Kulik
`Primary Examiner—Paul V. Kulik
`Assistant Examiner Jean M. Corrielus
`Assistant Examiner—Jean M. Corrielus
`Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
`Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
`57
`ABSTRACT
`[57] (cid:9)
`ABSTRACT
`A information retrieval System wherein design and content
`A information retrieval system wherein design and content
`are Separated. Within a Section of a title, a designer can
`are separated. Within a section of a title, a designer can
`layout pages with controls that define areas for content to be
`layout pages with controls that define areas for content to be
`inserted into the pages. Two commonly used controls in the
`inserted into the pages. Two commonly used controls in the
`System are a Static Story control, wherein a preselected Story
`system are a static story control, wherein a preselected story
`is Statically placed on a page in the area defined by the
`is statically placed on a page in the area defined by the
`control, and a dynamic Story control, wherein the designer
`control, and a dynamic story control, wherein the designer
`defines Search objects to retrieve Stories. An information
`defines search objects to retrieve stories. An information
`retrieval (IR) server indexes and Searches Stories in titles.
`retrieval (IR) server indexes and searches stories in titles.
`Indexing takes place when a title is released to the network
`Indexing takes place when a title is released to the network
`by a publisher workstation. The IR server interrelates title,
`by a publisher workstation. The IR server interrelates title,
`Section and Story objects by their globally unique identifiers
`section and story objects by their globally unique identifiers
`and creates a routing table which is used to locate objects
`and creates a routing table which is used to locate objects
`References Cited
`References Cited
`acroSS multiple database partitions. The IR Search Service is
`across multiple database partitions. The IR search service is
`requested in two different ways at customer runtime. The
`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
`requested in tWO different ways at customer runtime. The
`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
`first way is the resolution of the search objects to retrieve
`first way is the resolution of the search objects to retrieve
` 340/172.5
`3,670,310 6/1972 Bharwani et al. (cid:9)
`matching Stories. The retrieved Stories are concatenated and
`3,670,310 6/1972 Bharwani et al. ................... 340/172.5
`matching stories. The retrieved stories are concatenated and
`4,255,796 3/1981 Gabbe et al. (cid:9)
` 364/900
`d into th
`defined by the d
`trol wh
`4.255.796 3/1981 Gabbe et al. .....
`... 364/900
`poured into the area defined by the dynamic control when
`4,642,762 2/1987 Fisanick ...
`so poured into Ine area delined by the dynamic control Wnen
`4,642,762 2/1987 Fisanick (cid:9)
` 364/300
`the title is viewed. In the second way, the IR search service
`4,754,326
`6/1988 Kram et al.
`... 364/900
`the title is viewed. In the second way, the IR search service
`4,754,326 6/1988 Kram et al. (cid:9)
` 364/900
`4,775,956 10/1988 Kaji et al. ..
`... 364/900
`is requested when a Search is initiated by a customer using
`is requested when a search is initiated by a customer using
`4,775,956 10/1988 Kaji et al. (cid:9)
` 364/900
`4,845,659 7/1989 Gifford (cid:9)
` 395/563
`4,845,659
`7/1989 Gifford al.".
`... 395/563
`a “find” dialog to Search acroSS all Stories in one or more
`a "find" dialog to search across all stories in one or more
`4,939,689 7/1990 Davis et al. (cid:9)
` 364/900
`4,939,689 7/1990 Davis et al. ..
`... 364/900
`titles, both dynamic and static.
`5,197,005 3/1993 Shwartz et al. ...
`E, titles, both dynamic and static.
`5,197,005 3/1993 Shwartz et al. (cid:9)
` 364/419
`5,251,316 10/1993 Anick et al. (cid:9)
` 395/600
`5,251,316 10/1993 Anicket al. ......
`... 395/600
`5,491,818 2/1996 Malatesta et al. ...................... 395/600
`65 Claims, 24 Drawing Sheets
`5,491,818 2/1996 Malatesta et al. (cid:9)
` 395/600
`65 Claims, 24 Drawing Sheets
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`CUSTOMER QUERY 22
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`May 25, 1999
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`Sheet 10 of 24
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`Sheet 12 of 24
`17Z JO ZI 1331IS
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`May 25, 1999
`May 25, 1999 (cid:9)
`
`U.S. Patent (cid:9)
`U.S. Patent
`5,907,837
`5,907,837
`TITLE PUBLISHING FLOW DIAGRAM
`TITLE PUBLISHING FLOW DIAGRAM
`( server side )
`(server side )
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`Sheet 13 of 24 (cid:9)
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`END
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`U.S. Patent (cid:9)
`U.S. Patent
`
`May 25, 1999
`May 25, 1999
`
`Sheet 14 of 24
`Sheet 14 of 24 (cid:9)
`
`5,907,837
`5,907,837
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`U.S. Patent (cid:9)
`U.S. Patent
`
`May 25, 1999
`May 25, 1999 (cid:9)
`
`Sheet 16 of 24
`Sheet 16 of 24 (cid:9)
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`5,907,837
`5,907,837
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`U.S. Patent (cid:9)
`U.S. Patent
`
`May 25, 1999
`May 25, 1999 (cid:9)
`
`Sheet 17 of 24
`Sheet 17 of 24 (cid:9)
`
`5,907,837
`5,907,837
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`FIG. 7
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`U.S. Patent (cid:9)
`U.S. Patent
`
`May 25, 1999
`May 25, 1999 (cid:9)
`
`Sheet 18 of 24
`Sheet 18 of 24 (cid:9)
`
`5,907,837
`5,907,837
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`INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM IN AN
`INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM IN AN
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`SEPARATE CONTENT AND LAYOUT OF
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`PUBLISHED TITLES
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`This application is a continuation of application Ser. No.
`08/503,340 filed on Jul. 17, 1995.
`08/503,340 filed on Jul. 17, 1995.
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`matted in HTML or SGML can be viewed by several widely
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`distributed browsers such as Mosaic and Netscape for the
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`Internet. These browser programs read SGML and HTML
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`tagged documents and display them with proper formatting.
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`computer environment, most personal computer users are
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