Patent ID: 6457017
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for managing a plurality of documents stored in a file system, each document having a plurality of document attributes and a content, the method comprising:storing the document attributes and the content of a managed document in a document database, the storing of document attributes including maintaining an index of a plurality of managed documents and storing configuration relationships between a plurality of managed documents; storing searchable text derived from the content of the managed files in an indexed database; coupling a manager subsystem, configurable in an object-oriented architecture to the document database and the index database; from the manager subsystem, effecting changes to the managed document by modifying the document database; from the manager, synchronizing the index database and the file system with the modified document database; from the manager, instantiating a plurality of base objects from a plurality of dynamic document definitions, the relationships between the base objects being defined by information stored in the document database, the base objects representing a subsection of the documents; and from the manager, upon request, displaying contents of a document having a file format in the file system chosen from a plurality of supported file formats; wherein the stored document attributes are dynamically customizable and include an ordered sequence between a plurality of sibling managed documents.