System for remotely searching a local user index
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable instructions embodied therein, the computer readable instructions operable when executed by a processor to enable a user to search for one or more documents a user has previously accessed, said computer readable instructions comprising;
an index module configured to store, on a workstation of a user, an index that includes one or more entries for only one or more documents the user has previously accessed; and
a graphical user interface configured to;
(i) receive an input from the user located at a remote location from the workstation for searching the index;
(ii) locate one or more search results corresponding to said input;
(iii) receive at the remote location said one or more search results; and
(iv) present said one or more search results to the user, wherein said one or more search results are presented in a graphical user interface having indicia indicating whether each one or more document in said one or more search results is accessible by the user at the remote location.
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Abstract
A system is provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system may include three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.
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1. A system comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable instructions embodied therein, the computer readable instructions operable when executed by a processor to enable a user to search for one or more documents a user has previously accessed, said computer readable instructions comprising; an index module configured to store, on a workstation of a user, an index that includes one or more entries for only one or more documents the user has previously accessed; and a graphical user interface configured to; (i) receive an input from the user located at a remote location from the workstation for searching the index; (ii) locate one or more search results corresponding to said input; (iii) receive at the remote location said one or more search results; and (iv) present said one or more search results to the user, wherein said one or more search results are presented in a graphical user interface having indicia indicating whether each one or more document in said one or more search results is accessible by the user at the remote location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable instructions embodied therein, the computer readable instructions operable when executed by a processor to respond to a search query received from a remote location, said computer readable instructions comprising; an index module configured to store, on a workstation of a user, a local index that includes one or more entries for only one or more documents the user has previously accessed at the workstation; and a graphical user interface module configured to; (i) receive a search query, wherein said search query is a request by a user located at the remote location to search said local index; (ii) locate one or more documents matching said search query; (iii) create a list of said one or more matching documents, wherein said list is formatted in a common computer readable format; and (iv) respond to said query by providing said list of one or more matching documents to the remote location. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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