Knowledge management system

• US 20040088313A1
• Filed: 11/04/2002
• Published: 05/06/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Medrecon Limited
• Original Assignee: Medical Research Consultants
• Inventors: Torres, Jose
• Granted Patent: US 7,272,610 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/101
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

The method and system of the present invention provides for a knowledge management and archival system on a network. A document to be archived is prepared as a machine readable and loaded to a database. The document can be text, image, video or audio, all of which are indexed during and/or after uploading, and stored to the database. This knowledge management system for comprises a server for uploading a record, a user terminal for creating a plurality of indices for each uploaded record; and, a search engine for locating records in response to an index sensitive inquiry. The knowledge management system can also include indexes, such as a field index, a native index and a content index. The knowledge management system also comprises an application program comprising a system administration utility, a data loading component and database management utilities.

Claims

1. A knowledge management system for processing a plurality of records, the system comprising:

(a) a server for uploading a record;

(b) a indexing function for creating a plurality of indices for each uploaded record; and

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(c) a search engine for locating records in response to an index sensitive inquiry.

2. The knowledge management system of claim 1 further comprising a hierarchical data structure comprising a company, project, object and record.

3. The knowledge management system of claim 1 further comprising a hierarchical data structure comprising a parent and a plurality of child nodes associated with the parent.

4. The knowledge management system of claim 3 further comprising a tracking/auditing utility for tracking a record.

5. The knowledge management system of claim 4 further comprising a multilevel indexing component wherein indices are linked to said records.

6. The knowledge management system of claim 1 further comprising a security structure providing user authentication and document access according to predefined requirements.

7. The document management system of claim 3 further comprising a reporting function wherein a parent report is generated using an index sensitive query and the report is stored as a child of the parent.

8. The document management system of claim 7 further comprising a database associated with the parent and stored as a child of the parent.

9. The document management system of claim 3 wherein multiple documents are stored together in a child record.

10. The document management system of claim 6 further comprising an automatic redaction feature based on user access and field type in a document.

11. The document management system of claim 1 further comprising automatic triage upon receipt of a record.

12. The document management system of claim 9 further comprising a page link function, wherein page numbers associated with document pages containing selected occurrences are stored in a child node.

13. The document management system of claim 1 further comprising a function for issuing notifications when a document is received.

14. The document management system of claim 1 wherein the records comprise text, audio and video data.

15. The document management system of claim 1 further comprising dynamic work flow lists for documents uploaded to the database.

16. The document management system of claim 1 further comprising populating index fields as documents are uploaded to the database.

17. The document management system of claim 3 wherein all records relating to a parent are linked to the parent.

18. The document management system of claim 15 further comprising assigning tasks to be performed on document data as documents are uploaded to the database.

19. The document management system of claim 1 further comprising determining population statistics for selected data fields in a document as documents are uploaded to the database.

20. The document management system of claim 1 further comprising determining a trend analysis for selected data fields in a document in the database.