Systems and methods for article location and retrieval
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method comprising:
- providing a first dialog control specific to an application executed on a user device to a display on the user device;
outputting an indexing preferences dialog control to the display of the user device in addition to the first dialog control and responsive to an interruption of normal processing of an operating system call associated with displaying the first dialog control, the indexing preferences dialog control being a different dialog control than the first dialog control and displayed with the first dialog control;
receiving, from the indexing preferences dialog control displayed on the user device, a user selection of indexing preferences specific to a file type associated with the application, the indexing preferences including;
options for indexing events, each event comprising a user interaction with an article of the file type using the application;
an indication to index events associated with articles of the file type; and
an indication as to a maximum storage space an indexed event may occupy; and
generating an index of the events based at least in part on the indexing preferences selected by the user, wherein at least some of the events are indexed and stored in real time upon the occurrences of the events.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Systems and methods for article location and retrieval are described. In one described method, the normal processing of an operating system call associated with a dialog control is interrupted, and a search dialog control is displayed. The search dialog control is associated with an index comprising a plurality of events. Each of the plurality of events may be associated with at least one of a plurality of client applications and at least some of the plurality of events can be captured in real time. Each event may be associated with one or more articles.
61 Citations
14 Claims
-
1. A method comprising:
-
providing a first dialog control specific to an application executed on a user device to a display on the user device; outputting an indexing preferences dialog control to the display of the user device in addition to the first dialog control and responsive to an interruption of normal processing of an operating system call associated with displaying the first dialog control, the indexing preferences dialog control being a different dialog control than the first dialog control and displayed with the first dialog control; receiving, from the indexing preferences dialog control displayed on the user device, a user selection of indexing preferences specific to a file type associated with the application, the indexing preferences including;
options for indexing events, each event comprising a user interaction with an article of the file type using the application;an indication to index events associated with articles of the file type; and an indication as to a maximum storage space an indexed event may occupy; and generating an index of the events based at least in part on the indexing preferences selected by the user, wherein at least some of the events are indexed and stored in real time upon the occurrences of the events. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions executable by at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
-
providing a first dialog control specific to an application executed on a user device to a display on the user device; outputting an indexing preferences dialog control to the display of the user device in addition to the first dialog control and responsive to an interruption of normal processing of an operating system call associated with displaying the first dialog control, the indexing preferences dialog control being a different dialog control than the first dialog control and displayed with the first dialog control; receiving, from the indexing preferences dialog control displayed on the user device, a user selection of indexing preferences specific to a file type associated with the application, the indexing preferences including;
options for indexing events, each event comprising a user interaction with an article of the file type using the application;an indication to index events associated with articles of the file type; and an indication as to a maximum storage space an indexed event may occupy; and generating an index of the events based at least in part on the indexing preferences selected by the user, wherein at least some of the events are indexed and stored in real time upon the occurrences of the events. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
-
-
13. A computer system comprising:
-
a computer processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions executed by the computer processor and causing the computer processor to perform operations comprising; providing a first dialog control specific to an application executed on the user device to a display on the user device; outputting an indexing preferences dialog control to the display of the user device in addition to the first dialog control and responsive to an interruption of normal processing of an operating system associated with displaying the first dialog control, the indexing preferences dialog control being a different dialog control than the first dialog control and displayed with the first dialog control; receiving, from the indexing preferences dialog control displayed on the user device, a user selection of indexing preferences specific to a file type associated with the application, the indexing preferences including; options for indexing events, each event comprising a user interaction with an article of the file type using the application; an indication to index events associated with articles of the file type; and an indication as to a maximum storage space an indexed event may occupy; and generating an index of the events based at least in part on the indexing preferences selected by the user, wherein at least some of the events are indexed and stored in real time upon the occurrences of the events. - View Dependent Claims (14)
-
Specification