Patent ID: 8069159
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of searching a database, comprising the steps of: inputting at least two search queries, wherein each search query contains at least one search field; determining for each of the at least one search field a statistical frequency of occurrence related to at least one element of at least one search field; executing the at least two search queries in a hierarchical arrangement wherein such arrangement is determined in part on a statistical frequency of occurrence related to the at least one element of the at least one search field of each search query; retrieving at least one database record with a field that matches the at least one element of the at least one search field of each search query; wherein at least one of said search queries includes non-sequential first and last elements of a search field of a requested database record, and the search query omits a plurality of elements of the search field positioned between the first and last elements, and at least one of the elements being one of a single alphanumeric character and a single phoneme; and wherein said statistical frequency of occurrence is determined based in part on a statistical calculation determined from the unique characteristics of a particular record or subset of records relative to a database or a subset of a database.