Patent ID: 7606789
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating access to resources which are included in a data collection, each of the resources comprising a self-contained module of data and having content, the data collection comprising a plurality of the resources, the method comprising computer-implemented acts of: (A) executing a search query on the data collection using a search engine to produce at least one search result, the search query specifying at least one criterion, each at least one search result identifying a subset of the resources that satisfy the at least one criterion, and saving the search query; (B) after executing the search query, accepting input, from a user via a graphical user interface, the input comprising a selection of at least one resource from the at least one search result, for preserving the selected at least one resource in a computer system location that is different from the data collection, (C) after the user's selection of the at least one resource from the at least one search result, designating the computer system location in which the content of the selected at least one resource is to be preserved; (D) using a processor to execute, in response to the user's selection, a command for preserving the content of the selected at least one resource in the computer system location and adding the preserved content to a second computer system location; (E) selecting, from the selected preserved content folder, the preserved at least one resource and selecting an export destination; and (F) exporting the selected preserved at least one resource to the export destination.