Patent ID: 6298382
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An information retrieving system comprising:a plurality of retrieving servers, each of which contains a sequential retrieval engine, conducting retrieval processing;a retrieval managing server receiving a retrieval request from a client and controlling a retrieval operation of each sequential retrieval engine of each of said plurality of retrieving servers; anda parallel framework causing said plurality of retrieving servers to conduct parallel processing by directly using and integrating unmodified operations of said retrieving servers, and connecting said plurality of retrieving servers in parallel with respect to said retrieval managing server,wherein data to be retrieved are substantially equally distributed to said plurality of retrieving servers, and said parallel framework comprises a retrieval request outputting unit to provide parallel control of retrieval operations of said plurality of retrieving servers by broadcasting retrieval requests from clients to said plurality of retrieving servers without waiting to receive retrieval results from all of said plurality of retrieving servers, and said parallel framework further comprising a calling operation separate from said sequential retrieval engines.