Search engine

Abstract

A search engine for generating an improved search query, the engine comprising: input means for receiving a search request, the search request comprising N search terms; processing means arranged to formulate a search query from the received search request; output means arranged to output the search query wherein the processing means is arranged to formulate the search query by generating a plurality of search strings, each search string comprising a different combination of a subset of the N search terms.

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         32 . A method of mapping a data structure of a data source to a predetermined set of data labels, the method comprising:
 displaying a set of predetermined data labels;   displaying the data structure of the data source, the data structure of the data source comprising a plurality of data field names   comparing the set of data labels to the data structure of the data source and identifying data field names that correspond to data labels in the set of predetermined data labels   storing the relationship identified in the comparing step.   
     
     
         33 . A method as claimed in  claim 32 , wherein the relationships identified in the comparing step are stored in an XML format. 
     
     
         34 . A method as claimed in  claim 32 , wherein the data source is a database. 
     
     
         35 . A method as claimed in  claim 34 , wherein the relationship is stored with login information for the database. 
     
     
         36 . A method as claimed in  claim 33 , wherein the data source is a database. 
     
     
         37 . A method as claimed in  claim 36 , wherein the relationship is stored with login information for the database.