Information management system
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1. An information management system comprising:
- a plurality of information sources; and
an information source previewer operative to provide a preview of the information sources comprising a less than complete view of at least some of the information sources.
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Abstract
An information management system including an information source processor operative for performing user-selectable information management processes on any user-selectable information source from among a plurality of information sources and an ELA interface constructed and operative to allow a user to identify specific elements of documents as information sources, wherein the specific elements which a user is allowed to identify include at least one of the following group: image, phrase, table, sub-table, line, caption, cell, row, column, item, list, paragraph, frame.
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45 Claims
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1. An information management system comprising:
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a plurality of information sources; and
an information source previewer operative to provide a preview of the information sources comprising a less than complete view of at least some of the information sources. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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2. An information management system comprising:
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at least one representations of information sources;
a graphical user interface integrated with at least one of the representations of the information sources; and
an archiving system operative to allow users to time-stamp and archive at least one representations of information sources. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5)
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6. An information management system comprising:
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an archiving system operative to allow users to time-stamp and archive content; and
a scheduling system allowing the archiving system to operate automatically in accordance with a predetermined schedule. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 21, 22, 24, 26)
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9. An information management system comprising:
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a content searcher;
a search-defining GUI allowing a user to define a search; and
a watch-defining GUI allowing a user to define a watch at least by automatically converting a previously defined search into a watch.
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10. An information management system comprising:
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a content searcher; and
a search-defining GUI allowing a user to define at least freshness of search.
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11. An information management system comprising:
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a content searcher; and
a search-defining GUI allowing a user to define at least depth of search. - View Dependent Claims (18, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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12. An information management system comprising:
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a content searcher; and
a search-defining GUI allowing a user to define at least duration of search.
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13. An information management system comprising:
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an information source manager including a set of user-defined information sources;
a content searcher; and
a search-defining GUI allowing a user to define a subset of the user-defined information sources to be searched.
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14. An information management system comprising:
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a server storing user-defined folders, and a client via which a user can view at least some of the user-defined folders.
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15. An information management system comprising:
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at least one representations of information sources including graphic representation of check-update status; and
a check-update status maintainer operative to monitor the check-update status of each information source and to maintain the graphic representation of the check-update status accordingly.
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16. An information management system comprising:
a search results GUI including a plurality of separate result windows for separate search results.
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17. An information management system comprising:
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a document portion identification GUI operative to allow a user to graphically identify a portion of a document using a targeted set of questions; and
a document portion processing unit operative to perform at least one process on a document portion defined by a user via the document portion identification GUI.
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19. An information management system comprising:
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a plurality of information management tools;
an information source; and
a GUI (graphic user interface) integrating the plurality of information management tools around the information source using a graphical representation.
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23. An information management system comprising:
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a watch unit operative to watch for a defined unit of information in a flow of information; and
an ELA unit.
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25. An information management system comprising:
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an update checking unit; and
an ELA unit.
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31. An information management system comprising:
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a functional unit operative to perform a plurality of selectable functions on information; and
an automatic information retriever operative to, automatically retrieve information from a plurality of information sources. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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35. An information management system comprising:
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an information source processor operative for performing user-selectable information management processes on any user-selectable information source from among a plurality of information sources; and
an ELA interface constructed and operative to allow a user to identify specific elements of documents as information sources.
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