Knowledge Archival and Recollection Systems and Methods

• US 20120059801A1
• Filed: 11/11/2011
• Published: 03/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AppliedE, Inc.
• Original Assignee: AppliedE, Inc.
• Inventors: Eagan, George
• Application Number:
  US13/294,242
• Publication Number:
  US 20120059801A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/673
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2272 Management thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/242 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

A method of extracting knowledge comprising: initiating a search application; displaying a user search interface; receiving input parameters via the search interface; identifying a query type based on received input parameters; formulating a database query based on the received input parameters; transmitting the database query to a database, the database being in communication with a file archive indexer for indexing a file archive for storing files and data regarding the files; obtaining database query results from the database, the database storing the user activity data and actual content accessed by the user; providing database query results to a result analyzer module; and displaying search result analyzer module results to a user.

Claims

1. A knowledge archival and recollection system accessible by at least one user, said system comprising:

a computing device being used by said at least one user and in communication with a database server;

a file archive in communication with said database server for storing files and data regarding said files;

a data acquisition module in communication with the database server and said file archive and a database connectivity module,

wherein said data acquisition module includes a network browser plug-in and a toolbar plug-in embedded in a network browser of the computing device being used by said at least one user,

wherein said network browser plug-in transmits data gathered from said network browser to said database server through said database connectivity module, and

wherein said file archive is in communication with said database server, a file archive indexer, and said data acquisition module;

a data presentation module in communication with a report module and a search module,

wherein said report module is in communication with said database server, said data presentation module, said search module, said file archive and said database connectivity module,

wherein said search module is in communication with said database server, said file archive indexer, said data presentation module, said report module, said file archive and said database connectivity module, and

wherein said file archive indexer is in communication with said file archive, said database server, said report module and said search module;

a timing module in communication with said database server, wherein said timing module records the start time and stop time for an activity within any computing device based application;

wherein said database connectivity module is in communication with said data acquisition module, said file archive, said database server, said report module, said search module and said timing module;

wherein said database connectivity module acts as a communication gateway to said database server,

wherein said system gathers user activity data and files accessed by each said at least one user through said data acquisition module and archives said user activity data and files on said database server and said file archive for retrieval by each said at least one user,

wherein said user activity data includes data of activity of said user on said computing device including online data, being provided to said computing device from a network, and offline data, being locally available on said computing device,

wherein said offline data includes files stored locally on said computing device, and wherein said user activity data includes operations performed on said offline data,

wherein said search module conducts a search of data on said computing device, said database server and said file archive,

wherein said data acquisition module gathers actual content accessed by said at least one user and transmits said files to said file archive for retrieval by each said at least one user,

wherein said data presentation module displays at least one of file modifications, report results and search results to said at least one user,

wherein said report module is comprising a user report interface, a report engine, a report generator, and a report viewer and generates a customizable user activity report and presents said report to said at least one user on said computing device.

2. The system as in claim 1, wherein said data presentation module further presents at least one of said user activity data, said associated enhancement data received from said database server and said file archive to said at least one user.

3. The system as in claims 1, wherein said system configuration is selected from the group consisting of standalone, distributed over a network, and distributed over the world-wide-web.