Patent ID: 9122731
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A content search method comprising: receiving, from an entity, at least one search term that is usable to provide search results to the entity; searching first and second information respectively on first and second data stores to build (i) a list of matches of the received search term and the first information and (ii) a list of matches of the received search term and the second information, access to the first information being limited to only a group to which the entity qualifies for membership, access to the second information not being limited; and combining the lists into a single, combined list and providing the list to the entity for display, along with indicia that enables the display of respective sources of the matches of the single, combined list, wherein the first data store is provided by clusters of servers in various locations, each cluster including one or more interrelated servers capable of providing services to a plurality of users that are within a geographic constraint to that cluster's location.