Patent ID: 6721726
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for managing data across an enterprise, comprising the steps of:(a) allowing a user to select a category from a plurality of predefined categories of information; (b) receiving an indication of the category selected by the user; (c) receiving a request for information having stored associations with the selected category; (d) searching for a first set of data relating to the request in at least two geographically separated information repositories, wherein data items in the repositories include information associated with at least two categories selected from the group consisting of a person, a client, a topic, a document, a project, and an industry; (e) presenting the first set of data to the user grouped in at least one category not selected by the user; (f) allowing the user to select one item of the first set of data and then retrieving a second set of data in the information repositories related to the item selected; (g) displaying the second set of data grouped in at least one category not selected by the user; and (h) displaying a graphical image of links between the selected item and the second set of data according to relationships the selected item has to the second set of data.