20160132539 | FAST SEARCHING USING MULTIDIMENSIONAL INDEXING - A method and apparatus for performing relatively fast record searching is provided. The design includes providing one alphanumeric key to any record of a plurality of records not including an alphanumeric key, providing one text description comprising at least one word to any record of the plurality of records not including a text description having at least one word, and establishing a multidimensional index, where for each record there is provided in the multidimensional index a keyword pointer pointing from each keyword to one associated record, a text description pointer pointing from each text description the one associated record, a first reverse word index pointer pointing from each word to one keyword, and a second reverse word index pointer pointing from each word to one text description. Records are searched using the multidimensional index. | 05-12-2016 |