Knowledge management system
First Claim
1. A computer-implementable document management method, comprising:
- uploading a plurality of documents to a database, wherein the uploaded documents are machine-readable and comprise one or more of text data, image data, video data, and audio data;
assigning the uploaded documents to a hierarchical organizational structure within the database;
indexing the uploaded documents to create a plurality of index fields for each of the uploaded documents;
relating the index fields of the uploaded documents across the hierarchical organizational structure;
receiving a search query having at least one search criterion for at least one of the index fields;
searching the hierarchical organizational structure based on the search query;
retrieving one or more of the uploaded documents across the hierarchical organizational structure of the database based on the search; and
making one or more retrieved documents available to a user.
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Abstract
The method and system of the present invention provides for a knowledge management and archival system on a network. A document to be archived is prepared as a machine readable and loaded to a database. The document can be text, image, video or audio, all of which are indexed during and/or after uploading, and stored to the database. This knowledge management system for comprises a server for uploading a record, a user terminal for creating a plurality of indices for each uploaded record; and, a search engine for locating records in response to an index sensitive inquiry. The knowledge management system can also include indexes, such as a field index, a native index and a content index. The knowledge management system also comprises an application program comprising a system administration utility, a data loading component and database management utilities.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer-implementable document management method, comprising:
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uploading a plurality of documents to a database, wherein the uploaded documents are machine-readable and comprise one or more of text data, image data, video data, and audio data; assigning the uploaded documents to a hierarchical organizational structure within the database; indexing the uploaded documents to create a plurality of index fields for each of the uploaded documents; relating the index fields of the uploaded documents across the hierarchical organizational structure; receiving a search query having at least one search criterion for at least one of the index fields; searching the hierarchical organizational structure based on the search query; retrieving one or more of the uploaded documents across the hierarchical organizational structure of the database based on the search; and making one or more retrieved documents available to a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A document management system, comprising:
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a database configured with a hierarchical organizational structure, a server communicatively connected to the database and configured to; upload a plurality of documents to a database, wherein the documents are machine-readable and comprise one or more of text data, image data, video data, and audio data, assign the uploaded documents to a hierarchical organizational structure within the database; index the uploaded documents to create a plurality of index fields for each of the uploaded documents; relate the index fields of the uploaded documents across the hierarchical organizational structure; receive a search query having at least one search criterion for at least one of the index fields; search the hierarchical organizational structure based on the search query; retrieve one or more of the uploaded documents across the hierarchical organizational structure of the database based on the search; and make the retrieved documents available to a user.
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