US Patent 7756859 Multi-segment string search

A method and system for searching multi-segment strings is provided. The search system receives a query string containing part or all of the segments that are to be matched as query segments. Upon receiving the query string, the search system compares the query segments provided in the query string with segments gathered from previously stored strings. If any segments match the query segments, the search system selects the strings that contain matching segments as search results.