Document Link Management

• US 20080172595A1
• Filed: 12/29/2006
• Published: 07/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Schmidt, Olaf
• Granted Patent: US 7,844,890 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/208
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management

Abstract

Document links may be efficiently managed by providing automated techniques for organizing them. In particular implementations, a system and process for automated management of document links may include the ability to determine that a link is to be established for a document and identify at least one descriptor for the document. The system and process may also include the ability to correlate the identified document descriptor(s) with at least one document descriptors in a pre-existing taxonomy of document descriptors and associate the correlated taxonomy document descriptor(s) with a link for the document.

Claims

1. An automated method for managing links to documents, the method comprising:

determining that a link is to be established for a document;

identifying at least one descriptor for the document;

correlating the identified document descriptor with at least one document descriptor in a pre-existing taxonomy of document descriptors; and

associating the correlated taxonomy document descriptor with a link for the document.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that a link is to be established for a document comprises detecting a command indicating that a link is to be established for a document currently being visually presented.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying at least one descriptor for the document comprises analyzing document meta-data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying at least one descriptor for the document comprises analyzing document contents.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein correlating the identified document descriptor with at least one document descriptor in a pre-existing document descriptor taxonomy comprises comparing the identified document descriptor with the document descriptors in the taxonomy.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising reorganizing a set of document links organized according to the document descriptor taxonomy so that the document links are organized according to a second document descriptor taxonomy.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein correlating the identified document descriptor with at least one document descriptor in a pre-existing document descriptor taxonomy comprises comparing the identified document descriptor against a thesaurus for the taxonomy document descriptors.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein associating the correlated taxonomy document descriptor with a link for the document comprises storing a pointer to the document descriptor in a table of document links.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein associating the correlated taxonomy document descriptor with a link for the document comprises:

generating a visual presentation that inquires which of several correlated taxonomy document descriptors to associate with a document link; and

detecting a command indicating which correlated taxonomy document descriptors to associate with the document link.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein a document link comprises a Uniform Resource Locator.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that a document link is to be found;

determining at least one document descriptor associated with a document link; and

finding a document link based on the determined document descriptor.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein determining at least one document descriptor associated with a document link comprises identifying at least one document descriptor for a currently presented document.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein determining at least one document descriptor associated with a document link comprises detecting a command that identifies at least one document descriptor.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein determining at least one document descriptor associated with the document link comprises:

generating a visual representation of the document descriptor taxonomy; and

detecting a command regarding at least one category in the taxonomy.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein finding a document link based on the determined document descriptor comprises searching an association of taxonomy document descriptors and document links based on the determined document descriptor.

16. A system for managing document links, the system comprising:

a memory, the memory adapted to store instructions and data regarding document links; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor operable, according to the instructions, to;

determine that a link is to be established for a document;

identify at least one descriptor for the document;

correlate the identified document descriptor with at least one document descriptor in a pre-existing taxonomy of document descriptors; and

associate the correlated taxonomy document descriptor with a link for the document.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is operable to compare the identified document descriptor against a thesaurus for the taxonomy document descriptors to correlate the identified document descriptor with at least one document descriptor in a pre-existing document descriptor taxonomy.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is, according to the instructions, further operable to reorganize a set of document links organized according to the document link taxonomy so that the document links are organized according to a second document link taxonomy.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is, according to the instructions, further operable to:

detect a command to find a document link;

determine at least one document descriptor associated with a document link; and

find a document link based on the determined document descriptor.

20. An article of manufacture comprising a machine-readable medium storing instructions operable to cause one or more machines to:

determine that a link is to be established for a document;

identify at least one descriptor for the document;

correlate the identified document descriptor with at least one document descriptor in a pre-existing taxonomy of document descriptors; and

associate the correlated taxonomy document descriptor with a link for the document.

21. The article of manufacture of claim 20, wherein the instructions are operable to compare the identified document descriptor against a thesaurus for the taxonomy document descriptors to correlate the identified document descriptor with at least one document descriptor in a pre-existing document descriptor taxonomy.

22. The article of manufacture of claim 20, wherein the instructions are further to cause one or more machines to reorganize a set of document links organized according to the document link taxonomy so that the document links are organized according to a second document link taxonomy.

23. The article of manufacture of claim 20, wherein the instructions are further operable to cause one or more machines to:

detect a command to find a document link;

determine at least one document descriptor associated with a document link; and

find a document link based on the determined document descriptor.