Method for displaying usage metrics as part of search results
First Claim
1. A method of displaying search results and usage metrics for a search of one or more documents that a user has opened and had in focus, the method comprising:
- monitoring documents that the user has opened and had in focus, wherein a document being opened by the user and in focus of the user includes a document relative to which an operation has been performed by the user within a predetermined time interval;
storing, on a workstation of a user, an index that includes entries for only monitored documents that the user has opened and had in focus, wherein an index entry is created or modified for each of the monitored documents only in response to the user having opened and had in focus that monitored document, wherein only the user has performed an operation relative to that monitored document within the predetermined time interval;
receiving, from the user, a request to search said index;
presenting a user interface, said user interface displaying search results including a listing of documents from the monitored documents and one or more graphical visualizations characterizing the search results in the listing of documents, wherein documents in the listing includes documents relative to each of which an operation has been performed by the user within the predetermined time interval;
receiving, from the user, an input instruction to display usage metrics for a selected one of said documents in the listing of documents; and
updating said user interface to display said usage metrics, wherein said usage metrics include a total amount of time the user had a selected document opened and in focus, wherein the total amount of time the user has spent on the selected document when the selected document is open and in focus includes one or more instances when the user has performed an operation relative to the selected document within the predetermined time interval.
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Abstract
A method is provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The method includes maintaining, on a workstation of a user, an index that includes one or more entries for only one or more documents the user has previously accessed; receiving from the user a request to search the index; and presenting a user interface providing a search results listing and one or more graphical visualizations characterizing the search results. In response to an input from the user, usage metrics for a selected documents are displayed.
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1. A method of displaying search results and usage metrics for a search of one or more documents that a user has opened and had in focus, the method comprising:
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monitoring documents that the user has opened and had in focus, wherein a document being opened by the user and in focus of the user includes a document relative to which an operation has been performed by the user within a predetermined time interval; storing, on a workstation of a user, an index that includes entries for only monitored documents that the user has opened and had in focus, wherein an index entry is created or modified for each of the monitored documents only in response to the user having opened and had in focus that monitored document, wherein only the user has performed an operation relative to that monitored document within the predetermined time interval; receiving, from the user, a request to search said index; presenting a user interface, said user interface displaying search results including a listing of documents from the monitored documents and one or more graphical visualizations characterizing the search results in the listing of documents, wherein documents in the listing includes documents relative to each of which an operation has been performed by the user within the predetermined time interval; receiving, from the user, an input instruction to display usage metrics for a selected one of said documents in the listing of documents; and updating said user interface to display said usage metrics, wherein said usage metrics include a total amount of time the user had a selected document opened and in focus, wherein the total amount of time the user has spent on the selected document when the selected document is open and in focus includes one or more instances when the user has performed an operation relative to the selected document within the predetermined time interval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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