KNOWLEDGE ARCHIVAL AND RECOLLECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20120310877A1
• Filed: 06/11/2012
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AppliedE, Inc.
• Original Assignee: AppliedE, Inc.
• Inventors: Eagan, George
• Application Number:
  US13/493,444
• Publication Number:
  US 20120310877A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/603
• 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 timing and recording user activity in a knowledge archival and recollection system, the method comprising: configuring an activity tracking means; logging into the knowledge archival and recollection system; prompting the user with a task identifier input interface upon opening an application user interface; initiating a timer upon input into the input interface; stopping the timer upon inactive application interface; and storing timer data into a database server.

Claims

1. A method of timing and recording user activity in a knowledge archival and recollection system, said method comprising:

configuring an activity tracking means;

logging into said knowledge archival and recollection system;

prompting said user with a task identifier input interface upon opening an application user interface;

initiating a timer upon input into said input interface;

stopping said timer upon inactive application interface;

and storing timer data into a database server.

2. A method as in claim 1, further comprising the step of stopping said timer upon user logout from said knowledge archival and recollection system.

3. A method as in claim 1, further comprising the step of stopping said timer upon user deactivation of said timer.

4. A method as in claim 1, further comprising the step of gathering and storing the user activity data, the user activity data including actual content accessed by the user.

5. A method as in claim 1, further comprising the step of collecting file enhancement data, associating the file enhancement data with a file being currently accessed by the user, and transmitting the file enhancement for being stored, wherein the file enhancement data includes annotations and file insertions.

6. A method as in claim 5, further comprising the step of:

storing the actual content accessed by the user and the file enhancement data as stored material.

7. A method as in claim 6, further comprising the step of:

indexing the stored material using a front-end indexer and a background indexer, wherein the front-end indexer processes queries and the background indexer generates and updates indexes.

8. A method as in claim 1, further comprising the step of:

receiving a command, including input parameters, for conducting a search of stored material, the input parameters including keyword, date range, the user activity, the file enhancement data, criteria and graph options from the user;

9. A method as in claim 8, further comprising the steps of:

generating a customizable user activity report based on the input parameters and the user activity data; and

presenting the report to the user,

10. A method as in claim 8, wherein the user activity data includes data of activity of the user on the computer including online data, being provided to the computer from a network, and offline data, being locally available on the computer.

11. A method as in claim 10, wherein the offline data includes files stored locally on the computer, and wherein the user activity data includes operations performed on the offline data.