Patent ID: 8255568
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented system for managing information retrievals from a plurality of distributed archive facilities, the system comprising: a computer hardware server comprising: a business application interface manager module that performs the operations of: receiving archive retrieval requests from a plurality of user systems, the archive retrieval requests including a designation of a desired format from a plurality of formats for receiving requested information; locating the plurality of distributed archives where the requested information is stored based on a look-up table that maps archival retrieval requests to archives; and generating a plurality of information requests to the located plurality of distributed archives based on one of the archival retrieval requests, and a core processing block module that performs the operations of: queuing the plurality of information requests to the located plurality of distributed archives, transmitting the queued plurality of information requests to the located plurality of distributed archives; aggregating retrieved information from the located distributed archives and formatting the aggregated retrieved information from the one or more distributed archives to correspond to the designated desired format of the requested information.