Classification-Expanded Indexing and Retrieval of Classified Documents
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Abstract
Document classification systems are valuable tools for searching and retrieving classified documents but can be prohibitively complex and cumbersome for users.
A system for the indexing and retrieval of classified documents inserts keywords, titles or definitions of previously applied classifications into the document record and provides the resulting record to a search engine. Searchers are able to retrieve documents by searching on keywords from the classification system without looking up class coding.
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22 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A document system comprising:
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a web server computer adapted to receive a document collection in a first format, the document collection including a plurality of documents in the first format, each document including an indication of a corresponding classification code; a database server computer coupled to the web server computer and including a document store adapted to store the documents; and wherein the web server computer is adapted to transform each document by substituting the classification code corresponding to that document with a keyword associated with the corresponding classification code, wherein the web server computer is adapted to convert each document, including its keyword, from the first format into a second format different from the first format, wherein the web server computer is adapted to transmit each converted document to the database server computer and the database server computer is adapted to store the converted document in the document store, and wherein the web server computer is adapted to provide converted documents corresponding to a request received from another system, different from the document system. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A document retrieval system comprising:
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a document server computer adapted to receive a document collection including a document having classification information comprising a classification code selected from a classification scheme; and a document store coupled to the document server computer and adapted to store documents, wherein the document server computer is adapted to transform the classification information of the document, prior to storage in the document store, by substituting the classification code with a keyword based on the classification code, and wherein the document server computer is adapted to store the document with transformed classification information in the document store and to provide the stored document in response to a request. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer programmed to perform classified document retrieval, the computer including a computer readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of software instructions that, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a document collection including a document having classification information comprising a classification code selected from a classification scheme; and
,in response to a request, transforming the classification information of the document by substituting the classification code with a keyword based on the classification code; providing, via a stream, the document with transformed classification information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A first computer connected via a computer network to a second computer, wherein the second computer is programmed to perform classified document retrieval, the second computer including a computer readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of software instructions that, when executed by the second computer, cause the second computer to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a document collection including a document having classification information comprising a classification code selected from a classification scheme; and in response to a request from the first computer, transforming the classification information of the document by substituting the classification code with a keyword based on the classification code; and providing, via a stream, the document with transformed classification information to the first computer.
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