System and method for automatically searching for documents related to calendar and email entries
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions being executable by a processor to perform a method for generating an automatic search query for an electronic mail application integrating an electronic calendar system, the method comprising:
- monitoring documents with which a user has interacted;
obtaining content data and metadata from the monitored documents;
obtaining an index of documents with which the user has interacted by indexing the content data and metadata obtained from the monitored documents;
receiving an input comprising a user-selected calendar entry from the electronic calendar system;
in response to receiving the user-selected calendar entry, generating a search query from the user-selected calendar entry to search the index of documents with which the user has interacted for one or more documents related to the selected calendar entry;
executing the search query by locating one or more documents in the index of documents with which the user has interacted that are related to the selected calendar entry; and
providing search results to the user, wherein the search results include the one or more documents located during the execution of the search query.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions being executable by a processor to perform a method for generating an automatic search query for an electronic mail application integrating an electronic calendar system, the method comprising:
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monitoring documents with which a user has interacted; obtaining content data and metadata from the monitored documents; obtaining an index of documents with which the user has interacted by indexing the content data and metadata obtained from the monitored documents; receiving an input comprising a user-selected calendar entry from the electronic calendar system; in response to receiving the user-selected calendar entry, generating a search query from the user-selected calendar entry to search the index of documents with which the user has interacted for one or more documents related to the selected calendar entry; executing the search query by locating one or more documents in the index of documents with which the user has interacted that are related to the selected calendar entry; and providing search results to the user, wherein the search results include the one or more documents located during the execution of the search query. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer-implemented method for generating an automatic search query for an electronic mail application integrating an electronic calendar system, the method comprising:
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monitoring documents with which a user has interacted; obtaining content data and metadata from the monitored documents; obtaining an index of documents with which the user has interacted by indexing the content data and metadata obtained from the monitored documents; receiving an input comprising a user-selected calendar entry from the electronic calendar system; in response to receiving the user-selected calendar entry, generating a search query from the user-selected calendar entry to search the index of documents with which the user has interacted for one or more documents related to the selected calendar entry; executing the search query by locating one or more documents in the index of documents with which the user has interacted that are related to the selected calendar entry; and providing search results to the user, wherein the search results include the one or more documents located during the execution of the search query. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions being executable by a processor to perform a method for generating an automatic search query from an electronic mail application integrating with an electronic calendar system, the method comprising:
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receiving an input comprising a user-selected calendar entry from the electronic calendar system; in response to receiving the user-selected calendar entry, generating a search query from the user-selected calendar entry to search a local index of documents that the user has previously accessed for one or more documents related to the selected calendar entry; executing the search query by locating one or more documents in the local index that are related to the selected calendar entry; and providing search results to the user responsive to execution of the search query, wherein the search results include the one or more documents in the local index that were located during the execution of the search query. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-implemented method for generating an automatic search query from an electronic mail application integrating with an electronic calendar system, the method comprising:
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receiving an input comprising a user-selected calendar entry from the electronic calendar system; in response to receiving the user-selected calendar entry, generating a search query from the user-selected calendar entry to search a local index of documents that the user has previously accessed for one or more documents related to the selected calendar entry; executing the search query by locating one or more documents in the local index that are related to the selected calendar entry; and providing search results to the user in response to the execution of the search query, wherein the search results include the one or more documents in the local index that were located during the execution of the search query. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. The method to of claim wherein executing the search query includes remotely searching a user terminal from an internet portal.
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