Patent ID: 6507841
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of indexing data items to enable retrieval thereof, comprising the steps of:storing said data items in a complete form, storing association relationships between said stored data items and descriptors associated with said stored data items; receiving a search request from a user for selection of stored data items, said request incorporating at least one descriptor; sending the user a search result including a summary form of the stored data items selected in accordance with the search request; and modifying the stored association relationship between the stored data items and the stored descriptors in response to the user responding to the sent search result by requesting the complete form of a selected data item in a search result, the modification including adding at least one descriptor to the stored association relationship for the selected data item for which the complete form was requested or removing said at least one descriptor from the stored association relationship for the selected data item for which the complete form was requested.