Patent ID: 7849063
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for generating an index set for use in connection with the querying of documents in a content store, the method comprising: updating said index set by storing in the index set a collection of single document indices that index terms from a set of documents, wherein each single document index of the collection of document indices indexes terms from a single document of the set of documents according to a position of the terms in the single document; monitoring a size of the collection of single document indices; detecting that the size of the collection has attained a specified size; in response to detecting that the size of the collection has attained the specified size, generating a new multiple document index by converting a subset of the collection of single document indices to the new multiple document index, wherein: the new multiple document index indexes terms from the subset, sorted by term; wherein the subset includes at least two single document indices that index terms from at least two single documents of the set of documents, and wherein the subset includes fewer than all single document indices; wherein: