Desktop, stream-based, information management system
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1. A method for operating a desktop system comprising:
- creating document object models comprising selected information from and about information assets of diverse types, created by diverse software, said document object models having a consistent structure;
displaying browse cards related to respective ones of the information assets in a time-ordered stream, together with glance views related to the document object models of the respective displayed documents, said glance views being displayed in response to passing a cursor over respective ones of the browse cards,wherein each browse card includes a corresponding set of command buttons specific to the information asset associated with the browse card.
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Abstract
A steam-based document storage and retrieval system accepts documents that are in diverse formats and come from diverse application, automatically creates document model objects describing these documents in a consistent format and associating time stamps with the documents to automatically create a main stream in chronological order. The stream, or sub-streams meeting selected search criteria, are displayed in a variety of forms, including a receding, partly overlapping stack with aids that facilitate user interaction.
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1. A method for operating a desktop system comprising:
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creating document object models comprising selected information from and about information assets of diverse types, created by diverse software, said document object models having a consistent structure; displaying browse cards related to respective ones of the information assets in a time-ordered stream, together with glance views related to the document object models of the respective displayed documents, said glance views being displayed in response to passing a cursor over respective ones of the browse cards, wherein each browse card includes a corresponding set of command buttons specific to the information asset associated with the browse card.
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2. A method for managing a desktop information system, said method comprising:
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searching the desktop information system, according to a single set of one or more user-specified search criteria, said search covering information objects associated with data items that are in heterogeneous formats and are from heterogeneous sources including application documents, e-mails and web-formatted documents; and presenting a result of the search in time order, wherein the search result includes information objects related to data items from at least two of said heterogeneous sources. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A desktop computer search method that organizes and retrieves data units stored in and received by the computer, comprising:
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storing in a desktop computer data units in heterogeneous formats from heterogeneous sources including software applications, e-mail sources and worldwide web sources; associating a timestamp with each data unit stored in the desktop computer to create information describing a stored stream of data units with associated respective timestamps; retrieving for display selected data units from said stored stream in response to a single search query having one or more search terms to create a substream of data units from at least two of said heterogeneous sources according to their respective timestamps, said retrieving comprising searching through data units stored in the desktop computer from said heterogeneous software applications, e-mail and worldwide web sources; and visually displaying the data units of said substream in a time ordered sequence according to their respective timestamps, said display including chronological indicators of the displayed data units.
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14. An apparatus for managing a desktop information system, said apparatus comprising:
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a search tool adapted to search the desktop information system, according to a single set of one or more search criteria, and return a result of the search, the search result including information objects associated with documents that are in heterogeneous formats and are from heterogeneous sources and include application documents, e-mails and web-formatted documents; and a presentation tool adapted to process said search result and present the processed result including information objects associated with application documents, e-mails and web-formatted documents, in time order. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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