Patent ID: 6745177
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of retrieving data from a plurality of databases, comprising:maintaining a plurality of databases, said databases including a plurality of database records comprised of a plurality of database fields; maintaining a search-routing database, said search-routing database including a plurality of search-routing database records comprised of search-routing database fields, said search-routing database fields including a database-identifier field and one or more database fields; receiving a query from a user, said query comprised of search request data in search request fields of predetermined types; selecting search request data in at least one of the search request fields; searching said search-routing database for one or more database identifiers, based on the selected search request data, wherein said one or more database identifies comprise a predefine set of database identification data, at least part of the database identification data being contained in the database-identifier field of search-routing database records responsive to the selected search request data; routing the query to the databases identified by said database identifiers; searching the databases identified by said database identifiers for output data responsive to said query; and returning said output data obtained from the identified databases that is responsive to said query.