Patent ID: 7103601

Claim:
A search system having a decision application server comprising a relational database containing a set of target records, a search engine coupled with the decision application server, the search engine being activated by a query for selecting records from the set of target records based on a given criteria sent by the decision application server, the search engine comprising a module for preconditioning data intended for the relational database and installing an encoded table corresponding to the relational database in a machine with vectorial capabilities, the module further comprising: means for reading a file having data intended for the relational database; means for building a nomenclature for the data contained in the file, the nomenclature being based on, and built subsequent to, an analysis of the data; and means for encoding the data in accordance with the nomenclature to produce the encoded table; and the search engine further comprising: means for analyzing the query sent by the decision application server; and means for encoding the query, in accordance with the nomenclature, into an encoded query in a form of an input file usable by the machine with vectorial capabilities, the encoded query comprising at least one vector.