GB1247006A

GB1247006A – Improvements in or relating to the indexing and retrieval of information
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GB1247006A – Improvements in or relating to the indexing and retrieval of information
– Google Patents
Improvements in or relating to the indexing and retrieval of information

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Publication number
GB1247006A

GB1247006A
GB05210/68A
GB1521068A
GB1247006A
GB 1247006 A
GB1247006 A
GB 1247006A
GB 05210/68 A
GB05210/68 A
GB 05210/68A
GB 1521068 A
GB1521068 A
GB 1521068A
GB 1247006 A
GB1247006 A
GB 1247006A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
bit
keyword
word
access store
composite
Prior art date
1968-03-29
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Application number
GB05210/68A
Inventor
Herman James Ga Wlik
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UK Secretary of State for Defence

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UK Secretary of State for Defence
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1968-03-29
Filing date
1968-03-29
Publication date
1971-09-22

1968-03-29
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1968-03-29
Priority to GB05210/68A
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patent/GB1247006A/en

1971-09-22
Publication of GB1247006A
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patent/GB1247006A/en

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G—PHYSICS

G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING

G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING

G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor

G06F16/30—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor of unstructured textual data

G06F16/38—Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

G—PHYSICS

G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING

G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING

G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor

G06F16/90—Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types

G06F16/901—Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures

G06F16/9017—Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures using directory or table look-up

Abstract

1,247,006. Indexing and retrieving information. DEFENCE; SECRETARY OF STATE FOR. 27 June, 1969 [29 March, 1968], No. 15210/68. Heading G4A. In a computer, letters of a keyword relating to a given item of information are converted to binary numbers, the numbers being combined to give a secondary binary number representing the word which is stored in a quick access store. This process is repeated for each keyword in the item of information, and then all the stored secondary numbers are combined to give a 32-bit composite keyword which is stored in a slow access store, e.g. magnetic tape, drum or disc at the address corresponding to an identifying symbol of the information. Each 32-bit word is converted into a four-bit number by dividing the 32-bits into four groups of eight, each group resulting in a “1” bit if there is at least one “1” in the digit of the group and a “0” bit otherwise. These four bit numbers may be transferred to the slow access store with the address of the corresponding 32-bit word. Alternatively, part of the slow access store may be designated for each four-bit word. In a further modification the 32-bit word is fed to the quick access store, a further number is derived from it, the number determining the part of the four access store to which the keyword is transferred. To retrieve information a list of keywords is fed in to form a first 32-bit composite word and from it a third word to indicate in which part of the store a possible match can exist. The read in composite keyword (held in the quick access store) is compared with the stored composite keywords (in the indicated part of the slow access store) and the computer prints out the data corresponding to matching composite keywords. In the embodiment described in which the input may be in the form of punched paper tape the letters of the keyword are converted to the binary representation of their position in the alphabet, that is A becomes 0001. These numbers are then added without carry to give a further four-digit number having a decimal value between 0 and 31 and the composite keyword is formed by putting a “1” in a 32- bit digit at the position corresponding to its decimal value.

GB05210/68A
1968-03-29
1968-03-29
Improvements in or relating to the indexing and retrieval of information

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party

Publication number
Priority date
Publication date
Assignee
Title

FR2383481A1
(en)

*

1977-03-07
1978-10-06
Western Electric Co

ASSOCIATIVE DATA RESEARCH PROCESS AND DEVICE

FR2417138A1
(en)

*

1978-02-14
1979-09-07
Western Electric Co

INFORMATION SEARCH SYSTEM BY ASSOCIATIVE TECHNIQUE

1968

1968-03-29
GB
GB05210/68A
patent/GB1247006A/en
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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party

Publication number
Priority date
Publication date
Assignee
Title

FR2383481A1
(en)

*

1977-03-07
1978-10-06
Western Electric Co

ASSOCIATIVE DATA RESEARCH PROCESS AND DEVICE

FR2417138A1
(en)

*

1978-02-14
1979-09-07
Western Electric Co

INFORMATION SEARCH SYSTEM BY ASSOCIATIVE TECHNIQUE

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