Patent ID: 8156092
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for the organization and collection of documents, comprising: collecting a first document, including a metadata portion and a non-metadata portion, in response to a document collection request; generating a first hash code corresponding to the non-metadata portion of the first document; comparing the first hash code to a plurality of hash codes, each hash code of the plurality of hash codes corresponding to a non-metadata portion of a corresponding document of a plurality of documents, each document collected in response to the document collection request; if the first hash code does not match any hash code of the plurality of hash codes, storing the first document, including the metadata portion and the non-metadata portion, on a data storage device; and if the first hash code matches any hash code of the plurality of hash codes, extracting metadata corresponding to the first document; and storing on the data storage device the extracted metadata, but not the non-metadata portion of the first document, in conjunction with the particular document corresponding to the hash code that matches the first hash code.