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System, apparatus, method, and computer program product for indexing a file

  • US RE46,967 E1
  • Filed: 08/31/2006
  • Issued: 07/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for processing data files stored at distributed addresses on a data processing network, at least some of the data files having text and graphic content, the method comprising:

  • analyzing at least a subset of the data files to produce a database of information characterizing aspects of the data files that tend to distinguish the data files from one another, and cross referencing said information to addresses of the data files;

    generating an image of at least a portion of the subset of data files, and storing a graphic file of said image in a manner cross referenced to the addresses of the data files, whereby the graphic file represents an image of the data files at a time of generation;

    receiving search queries and applying the search queries to the database for selecting a hit list from among the data files;

    reporting the hit list in a search report including the addresses of each of the data files selected and the image corresponding to the data files in the hit list at the respective time of generation.

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