Patents Assigned to Ventro Corporation
  • Patent number: 6334124
    Abstract: A computer implemented system and method for facilitating index searching by a client computer through records of a datastore. The datastore is accessible by a server computer of the client-server computer network. The method includes creating client indices of the records. The client indices are in a format accessible by the client computer. The method also includes transmitting the indices to the client computer and storing the client indices locally at the client computer. The method further includes employing the client indices for the index searching by the client computer to produce a list of records that satisfies a search query associated with the index searching. Furthermore, creating the client indices includes transmitting a command from the client computer to the server computer to instruct the server computer to create the client indices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Ventro Corporation
    Inventors: Eugene E. Bouchard, Venkat R. Sriram, Scott E. Stanelle, Varma S. Kunaparaju