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Document management systems and methods

  • US 7,810,027 B2
  • Filed: 05/01/2006
  • Issued: 10/05/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for managing documents in a computer implemented document management system, comprising:

  • creating a document profile that comprises fields of attributes of a document for each of the documents;

    generating a unique identifier for each of the documents, the unique identifier comprising at least a first portion including information descriptive of a distinguishing characteristic of the document and at least a second portion including an automatically generated number, the unique identifiers being viewable by users of the document management system so that a group of the unique identifiers comprising a common first portion can be identified by the common first portion and distinguished from other unique identifiers comprising a different first portion; and

    storing the document profile for each of the documents.

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