Patent ID: 9141665
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a search query from a user computing device; analyzing, by execution of code by a query optimization system comprising one or more computing devices, the search query to determine a class of the search query; identifying, by the query optimization system, one or more specialized data stores available to answer the search query, based at least in part on the class of the search query and whether the one or more specialized data stores are able to accurately answer queries of the class; determining, by the query optimization system, whether to use one of the identified specialized data stores to answer the search query, wherein the determining is based at least in part on performance data associated with respective specialized data stores, wherein the performance data indicates at least (1) an average response time associated with respective specialized data stores in answering search queries and (2) recency of data stored by respective specialized data stores when a determination is made to not use one of the specialized data stores, retrieving search results for the search query using a general search engine; or when a determination is made to use one of the specialized data stores: returning the retrieved search results to the user computing device.