Managing a search index

US8990176B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8990176-B2
Application numberUS-201213607832-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 10, 2012
Priority dateSep 10, 2012
Publication dateMar 24, 2015
Grant dateMar 24, 2015

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Concepts and technologies are described herein for managing a search index. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a search index can be hosted by a number of search nodes. The search engine can be configured to determine if a search node is unavailable, and if so, if data stored at the unavailable search node is to be replaced. If data stored at the unavailable search node is to be replaced, the search engine can identify sources for data to be used to replace the data at the unavailable search node. The search engine can issue instructions to the sources and/or the unavailable search node to copy the data from the sources to the unavailable node and/or to replace the data at the unavailable node with the data from the sources. Portions of the data can be copied from each of the sources to the unavailable node.

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I claim: 1. A computer-implemented method for managing a search index, the computer-implemented method comprising performing computer-implemented operations for: identifying, at a computer executing a search engine, a plurality of search nodes configured to host the search index; determining that an unavailable search node of the plurality of search nodes has been unavailable; determining if data stored at the unavailable search node is to be replaced; and in response to det…

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What does patent US8990176B2 cover?
Concepts and technologies are described herein for managing a search index. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a search index can be hosted by a number of search nodes. The search engine can be configured to determine if a search node is unavailable, and if so, if data stored at the unavailable search node is to be replaced. If data stored at the unavailable sear…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Wang Øivind, Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F16/901. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).