A Search Engine utilizing a method and system for efficient storage and retrieval of data. The system comprises a record file, an index file, a duplicate segment file and access to a network of computers. The index files contains locations of data items, pointers to other index files, or an empty designation....http://www.google.de/patents/US6278992?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6278992 - Search engine using indexing method for storing and retrieving data