Patent ID: 8082250
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for searching files in a computer network, the method comprising: defining a plurality of content dimensions, each of the plurality of content dimensions having one or more content dimension values; maintaining a plurality of files; assigning one or more of the content dimension values to each of the plurality of files; storing the plurality of files in a retrievable form; indicating the plurality of content dimensions to a user of a computer; accepting input from the user of the computer specifying one or more of the content dimension values associated with one or more of the content dimensions; identifying one or more of the files that meet one or more of the content dimension values associated with one or more of the content dimensions specified by the user of the computer; accepting input from the user of the computer selecting one of the files from the one or more identified files; and identifying to the user of the computer the one of the files selected by the user; wherein different users are provided access to a plurality of sections of the one of the files selected by the different users based on a community value for at least one community dimension assigned to each section of the one of the files selected by the different users by: identifying a first user value for at least one community dimension to which a first user is associated, the first user value indicating a first community with which the first user is associated;