Knowledge management tool
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Abstract
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for managing data across an enterprise. A request for information is received from a user. Data relating to the user request is searched for in at least two geographically separated information repositories. The results of the search are presented to the user. The user is allowed to browse through additional data of the information repositories. Links between data items and other data entries in the information repositories are created according to relationships the data items have to the other data entries.
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50 Claims
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19. A method for managing data across an enterprise, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a search text;
receiving a user selection of a category from a plurality of displayed categories of information;
searching for and identifying data files containing the search text and having a stored association with the selected category;
retrieving and displaying a first set of items representative of identified data files;
allowing the user to select an item from the first set of items;
retrieving and displaying a second set of items representative of data files having a content-based relationship to a data file associated with the selected item; and
displaying links between the selected item and the second set of items according to content-based relationships the selected item has to the second set of items. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium for managing data across an enterprise, comprising the steps of:
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a code segment for receiving a search text;
a code segment that receives a user selection of a category from a plurality of displayed categories of information;
a code segment that searches for and identifies data files containing the search text and having stored associations with the selected category;
a code segment that retrieves and displays a first set of items representative of identified data files;
a code segment that allows the user to select an item from the first set of items;
a code segment that retrieves and displays a second set of items representative of data files having a content-based relationship to the data file associated with the selected item; and
a code segment that displays links between the selected item and the second set of items according to the content-based relationships the selected item has to the second set of items. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A method for managing data across an enterprise, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a search text;
receiving a user selection of a category from among at least three displayed categories of information;
searching for and identifying data files in information repositories of the enterprise containing the search text and having stored associations with the selected category;
retrieving a first set of items representative of identified data files and displaying the first set of items arranged in at least one category;
allowing the user to select an item from the first set of items;
retrieving a second set of items representative of data files having a content-based relationship to a data file associated with the selected item displaying said second set of items by at least one category; and
displaying a graphical image of links between the selected item and the second set of items according to content-based relationships the selected item has to the second set of items. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50)
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Specification