Technique to identify interesting print articles for later retrieval and use of the electronic version of the articles
First Claim
1. A method for efficient information storage and retrieval of information, comprising the steps of:
- scanning/selecting/capturing a selected portion of text of the information wherein the selected portion of text scanned is a close-to-unique identifier of the text, and serves as a key when the information is accessed electronically; and
placing the key in an electronically available index/directory to facilitate retrieval of the information.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for efficient information storage and retrieval of information. The method includes the steps of: scanning/selecting/capturing a selected portion of text of the information wherein the selected portion of text scanned is typically a close-to-unique identifier of the text from which the portion was excerpted and serves as a key when the information is accessed electronically; and placing the key in an electronically available index/directory to facilitate retrieval of the information. The method may further include retrieving and storing the information associated with the key and using it to index, organize, and make available for search and retrieval the full information originally viewed by the user.
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1. A method for efficient information storage and retrieval of information, comprising the steps of:
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scanning/selecting/capturing a selected portion of text of the information wherein the selected portion of text scanned is a close-to-unique identifier of the text, and serves as a key when the information is accessed electronically; and
placing the key in an electronically available index/directory to facilitate retrieval of the information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for efficient information storage and retrieval of information, comprising:
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an index/directory information retrieval unit, arranged to send a selected portion of text of the information to an index/directory storage unit, for scanning/selecting/capturing the selected portion of text of the information wherein the selected portion of text is a close-to-unique identifier of the text and serves as a key when the information is desired to be accessed electronically;
the index/directory storage unit, arranged to receive and store the key from the index/directory information retrieval unit, for placing the key in an electronically available index/directory to facilitate retrieval of the information from a storage medium that is accessible electronically; and
the storage medium that is accessible electronically, wherein the storage medium is arranged to be searched using the key held in the index/directory to identify information in the storage medium that corresponds to the key, wherein a computer/user unit is arranged to send/receive information from/to the index/directory storage unit and the storage medium, and is arranged to request retrieval of information based on the key. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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18. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing steps for efficient information storage and retrieval of information, comprising the steps of:
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scanning/selecting/capturing a selected portion of text of the information wherein the selected portion of text scanned is a close-to-unique identifier of the text and serves as a key and where the information is stored and accessed electronically; and
placing the key in an electronically available index/directory to facilitate retrieval of the information.
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27. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing steps for efficient information storage and retrieval of information, comprising the steps of:
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scanning/selecting/capturing a selected portion of text of the incoming information wherein the selected portion of text scanned is a close-to-unique identifier of the text and serves as a “
key”
when the incoming information is stored and accessed electronically; and
placing the key in an electronically available index/directory on a web page/groupwise accessible area to facilitate search and retrieval of desired incoming information.
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