Computer system for automatic organization, indexing and viewing of information from multiple sources

• US 9,229,945 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2015
• Issued: 01/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: eHierarchy LLC (Endpoint IP LLC)
• Original Assignee: eHierarchy LLC (Endpoint IP LLC)
• Inventors: Horn, Bruce L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Corrielus, Jean M
• Application Number:
  US14/589,900
• Publication Number:
  US 20150120744A1
• Time in Patent Office: 365 Days
• Field of Search: 707/749, 707/723, 707/737, 707/748, 707/829, 707/830, 707/917, 707/955, 707/956
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers
• 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 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/26 Visual data mining; Browsing structured data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/289 Object oriented databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 7/08 Sorting, i.e. grouping record carriers in numerical or other ordered sequence according to the classification of at least some of the information they carry by merging two or more sets of carriers in ordered sequence G06F7/16
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

A computer data processing system including a central processing unit configured with an integrated computer control software system for the management of data objects including dynamic and automatic organization, linking, finding, cross-referencing, viewing and retrieval of multiple objects regardless of nature or source. The system provides an underlying component architecture having an object-oriented database structure and a metadata database structure which stores only one instance of each object while linking the object to multiple collections and domains for grouping into and retrieval from any of the collections. The system employs configurable, extensible attribute/properties of data objects in metadata format, and a user-configurable interface that facilitates information management.

Claims

1. A computer data processing system, comprising:

a central processing unit coupled to a computer-readable storage device, the computer-readable storage device storing (i) processor-executable instructions for the management of information data objects and organized as a plurality of partitions, at least one of said partitions including an object-oriented database including foundation objects and reference objects, (ii) at least one catalog database containing metadata, wherein said processor executable instructions comprise an application program for processing by said central processing unit so as to scan source data of objects, create or extract metadata from scanned objects, store said metadata in said catalog database, and store reference objects in said object-oriented database with metadada links attached to said reference objects to provide automatic organization, indexing and viewing of said objects from multiple sources in a user interface while storing only one instance of each reference object;

a computer display communicatively coupled to said central processing unit for displaying objects from said object-oriented database in said user interface;

a computer-user interface device for inputting information to said computer data processing system, including information to specify said objects or properties of said objects from said object-oriented database.

2. A computer data processing system as in claim 1, wherein said central processing unit processes said application program so as to generate and store in said catalog database metadata selected from association metadata and link metadata, said metadata permitting storage of only one reference object and linking it to one or more collection groups.

3. A computer data processing system as in claim 2 wherein said central processing unit processes said application program so as to include in said metadata a UID and a UUID and to alias said UID and UUID to collections selected, set or created by a user to create retrieval links from the collections to respective reference objects so that only one instance of said reference object is stored in said object oriented database.

4. A computer data processing system as in claim 3 wherein said central processing unit processes said application program so as to scan an incoming object'"'"'s source data, and upon recognition of individual objects as contained in said source data, create reference objects tagged with UUIDs to provide a one-to-one mapping between external data and said reference objects, and to automatically classify and place representative icons of objects into multiple collections or containers using said link metadata rather than duplication of said objects, thereby allowing the user to categorize the objects in ways that most clearly reflect different approaches and ways of viewing the same information, and to apply the user'"'"'s categorizations in an inverse manner to show relationships between objects and filter out those that are not relevant to a current view.

5. A computer data processing system as in claim 3 wherein said central processing unit processes said application program so as to place only link metadata in said catalog database.

6. A computer data processing system as in claim 3 wherein said central processing unit processes said application program so as to query said metadata, including queries selected from matching key phrases in an object'"'"'s text, matching dates and time ranges or exact matches, matches of sizes, ordering or type, and to create dynamic links based on matches detected, including automatic query processing of incoming external and internally created objects.

7. A method of managing of informational objects by a computer system, comprising partitioning a computer-readable memory to provide storage organization having at least one object-oriented database storing foundation objects and reference objects, and at least one catalog database, and processing, by a central processing unit communicatively coupled to said memory, processor executable instructions stored by said memory to scan source data of objects, create or extract metadata from scanned objects, store said metadata in said catalog database, store reference objects in said object-oriented database with metadata links attached to said reference objects, to provide automatic organization, indexing and viewing of information objects from multiple sources in a user interface while storing only one instance of said reference object.