SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF SEARCH RESULTS IN MULTIPLE RELATED HISTOGRAMS
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.
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22 Claims
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11. A computer implemented system of providing a histogram displaying one or more documents that a user has previously accessed comprising:
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means for receiving a search query to perform a search of an index of one or more documents that a user has previously accessed, said search query including one or more keywords; and
means for presenting, to the user, a chronological histogram characterizing one or more documents matching said search query, wherein said chronological histogram includes;
a first axis providing a timeline for displaying a date when said one or more matching documents were accessed; and
a second axis providing more than one variable characterizing said one or more matching documents, wherein said means for presenting a histogram further comprises;
means for providing a first vertical bar indicating each document that user has accessed; and
means for providing a second vertical bar for each one or more document matching said search query, wherein said second vertical bar has a graphically different representation from said first vertical bar. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer implemented system of providing a histogram displaying one or more documents that a user has previously accessed comprising:
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means for receiving a search query to perform a search of an index of one or more documents that a user has previously accessed, said search query including one or more keywords; and
means for presenting, to the user, a chronological histogram characterizing one or more documents matching said search query, wherein said chronological histogram includes;
a first axis providing a timeline for displaying a date when said one or more matching documents were accessed; and
a second axis providing more than one variable characterizing said one or more matching documents, wherein said second axis provides two variables characterizing said one or more matching documents, wherein said two variables are a relevance variable indicating relevance of said one or more matching documents, and a duration variable indicating a duration for which said one or more matching documents were used by the user. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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