Patent ID: 8082249
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for searching documents in a computer network, the method comprising: defining a plurality of content dimensions, each of the plurality of content dimensions having one or more content dimension values; maintaining a plurality of documents; assigning one or more of the content dimension values to each of the plurality of documents; storing the plurality of documents in a retrievable form; indicating the plurality of content dimensions to a user of a computer; accepting input from the user of the computer specifying one or more of the content dimension values associated with one or more of the content dimensions; identifying one or more of the documents that meet one or more of the content dimension values associated with one or more of the content dimensions specified by the user of the computer; accepting input from the user of the computer selecting one of the documents from the one or more identified documents; and identifying to the user of the computer the one of the documents selected by the user; wherein different users are provided access to a plurality of sections of the one of the documents selected by the different users based on a community value for at least one community dimension assigned to each section of the one of the documents selected by the different users by: