Patent ID: 6233581
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for processing and accessing information objects, comprising:on at least one central site:stages of collecting objects,stages of classifying the objects collected, andstages of generating a structured database containing the objects classified,characterized in that each classification stage comprises:a grouping of the collected objects together into groups of objects associated respectively with given geographical areas,a categorization of each object into several types of objects,a first classification, in each group of objects, of the objects belonging to at least one of the types of objects, according to a table of contents including a set of topics and common to all the groups of objects, said table of contents being associated with a topic-based classification scheme,a second classification, in each group of objects, of some of the collected objects constituting a particular group of objects, according to a hierarchical classification scheme common to all the groups of objects,and in that it further comprises, within the central site, a stage of selecting key elements within each collected object, said key elements being grouped together within a thesaurus, and in that the accessing stages comprise stages of selection according to at least one criterion including a criterion of selection by key element.