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Methods and systems for enabling efficient retrieval of documents from a document archive

  • US 20010049677A1
  • Filed: 03/30/2001
  • Published: 12/06/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for searching an archive of documents, said system comprising:

  • an organizer configured to receive search requests, said organizer comprising;

    an archive of documents having at least two entries;

    wherein the archive of documents is organized into at least two taxonomies;

    wherein each of the at least two taxonomies is associated with at least two categories;

    wherein the entries correspond to at least one of the at least two taxonomies and also correspond to at least one of the at least two categories; and

    a search engine in communication with the archive of documents, wherein said search engine is configured to search based on the at least two taxonomies and based on the at least two categories, wherein the search engine returns, in response to a search request identifying at least a first taxonomy of the at least two taxonomies, a list of the categories associated with the at least first identified taxonomy, along with the number of entries associated with each of the categories associated with the at least first identified taxonomy.

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