Document management techniques to account for user-specific patterns in document metadata
First Claim
1. An electronic document management system (DMS) for accounting for patterns in metadata, the system comprising:
- a DMS server having at least one computer processor;
at least one storage medium storing electronic documents and metadata associated therewith; and
at least one of a user interface and a network interface,said DMS server being configured to;
identify one or more user-specific naming patterns in metadata created by a first user in connection with a first plurality of electronic documents;
record, in said at least one storage medium, said identified one or more user-specific naming patterns in at least one of a naming patterns file (NPF), database, and lookup table;
receive a document query from a second user;
modify the document query based on the one or more identified user-specific naming patterns; and
account for, in said modified document query, at least one of aliases, acronyms and shorthand spellings from the one or more identified user-specific naming patterns,such that the document query returns one or more relevant electronic documents from the first plurality of electronic documents despite the second user'"'"'s ignorance of the one or more identified user-specific naming patterns.
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Abstract
Document management techniques to account for user-specific patterns in document metadata are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for facilitating document retrieval may comprise: assigning a first entitlement to a first user for accessing a first plurality of documents; identifying patterns in the first user'"'"'s creation or modification of metadata related to the first plurality of documents; recording the identified patterns associated with the first user; receiving a document query from a second user who has been assigned a second entitlement to access a second plurality of documents; determining, based on the second entitlement, an access right of the second user with respect to the first plurality of documents; and modifying the document query based on the access right of the second user and the identified patterns, such that the document query returns relevant documents from the first plurality of documents despite the second user'"'"'s ignorance of the identified patterns.
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19 Claims
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1. An electronic document management system (DMS) for accounting for patterns in metadata, the system comprising:
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a DMS server having at least one computer processor; at least one storage medium storing electronic documents and metadata associated therewith; and at least one of a user interface and a network interface, said DMS server being configured to; identify one or more user-specific naming patterns in metadata created by a first user in connection with a first plurality of electronic documents; record, in said at least one storage medium, said identified one or more user-specific naming patterns in at least one of a naming patterns file (NPF), database, and lookup table; receive a document query from a second user; modify the document query based on the one or more identified user-specific naming patterns; and account for, in said modified document query, at least one of aliases, acronyms and shorthand spellings from the one or more identified user-specific naming patterns, such that the document query returns one or more relevant electronic documents from the first plurality of electronic documents despite the second user'"'"'s ignorance of the one or more identified user-specific naming patterns. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions for causing an electronic document management system for accounting for patterns in metadata to:
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identify one or more user-specific naming patterns in metadata created by a first user in connection with a first plurality of electronic documents; record, in said at least one storage medium, said identified one or more user-specific naming patterns in at least one of a naming patterns file (NPF), database, and lookup table; receive a document query from a second user; modify the document query based on the one or more identified user-specific naming patterns; and account for, in said modified document query, at least one of aliases, acronyms and shorthand spellings from the one or more identified user-specific naming patterns, such that the document query returns one or more relevant electronic documents from the first plurality of electronic documents despite the second user'"'"'s ignorance of the one or more identified user-specific naming patterns. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An electronic document management system (DMS) for accounting for patterns in metadata, the system comprising:
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a DMS server having at least one computer processor; at least one storage medium storing electronic documents and metadata associated therewith; and at least one of a user interface and a network interface, said DMS server being configured to; identify one or more user-specific naming patterns in metadata created by a first user in connection with a first plurality of electronic documents; record, in said at least one storage medium, said identified one or more user-specific naming patterns in at least one of a naming patterns file (NPF), database, and lookup table; receive a document query from a second user; modify the document query based on the one or more identified user-specific naming patterns and at least one of aliases, acronyms and shorthand spellings from the one or more identified user-specific naming patterns such that the document query returns one or more relevant electronic documents from the first plurality of electronic documents despite the second user'"'"'s ignorance of the one or more identified user-specific naming patterns.
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