Patent ID: 7526475
Filing Date: 2009-04-28
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for searching documents, the method comprising: storing information identifying a plurality of libraries, in a computer readable storage medium, each of which restricts access to documents contained therein to only users affiliated with such library; receiving a query from a user; identifying a set of search result documents relevant to the query in a primary library index; identifying in the plurality of libraries, a subset of libraries that affiliated with the user and to which the user is allowed access; retrieving holding information from each of the subset of affiliated libraries describing documents available in the subset of affiliated libraries; identifying a subset of the search result documents that are available to the user in the subset of affiliated libraries; and outputting to the user a search result for the query including the subset of search result documents, and for each document in the subset, providing an access link to the affiliated library containing the document, and from which access link the user can obtain the document.