Patent ID: 11886503
Assignee: GROUPON, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for updating a search index, the method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a search index update indicator, the search index update indicator generated in response to a data source being registered to or deleted from a set of data sources associated with the search index;
calculating, by the processor, a checksum for each data set of the set of the data sources;
comparing, by the processor, the checksum for each data set of the set of data sources to search index metadata;
in response to determining that a selected checksum for a selected data set of the set of data sources does not match the search index metadata, generating new index update data;
merging the new index update data with the search index to create an updated search index; and
transmitting, by the processor, the updated search index to a service for use in responding to at least one search query.