摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of performing an efficient search in response to a search query.SOLUTION: A method includes; responding to a received search query by identifying objects of a second object type requested by an inner query using an inverted index of a second data store corresponding to the second object type; and identifying one or more objects of a first object type requested by an external search query using the identified objects of the second object type and a forward index of the second data store corresponding to the second object type, the identified objects of the first object type and the identified objects of the second object type being associated with each other within an online social network.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4 |