Granted Patent
Utility
US 5,953,723 · App. 08/042,357
System and method for compressing inverted index files in document search/retrieval system
Inventors:
Gordon S. Linoff, Craig W. Stanfill
Patented Case
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Granted: Sep 14, 1999
Filed: Apr 2, 1993
Inventors
Gordon S. Linoff
Craig W. Stanfill
Assignee (at issue)
T. M. Patents, L.P.
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