| 摘要 |
<p>A split-level architecture for processing a search query and identifying and retrieving documents corresponding thereto, comprising a session server (114a) and a query server (116a). The session server includes means for sending the search query to the query server (134), means for receiving the search results information therefrom (134), means for sending a search results list across a communications channel to user (132), means for receiving a document retrieval request transmitted from user (130), means for retrieving a document in response to the retrieval request and transmitting a file representative of the document to user (136), and means for incrementing an accounting record on an accounting database (138), the accounting record representing a number of retrievals of the document by the session server. The query server includes means for receiving a search query from the session server (140), searching means for searching the first database in response thereto (142), and means for sending search results to the session server (140).</p> |
