Patent ID: 7269585

Claim:
A system permitting a search for information through multimedia documents, comprising: an input processor for receiving a user entered search information item; at least one repository including data identifying a plurality of different types of indexed text searchable multimedia documents including text data files and email messages, said at least one repository associating category information with said multimedia documents for use in identifying a common relationship between said multimedia documents; a search processor for searching data in said at least one repository and also searching text searchable multimedia documents including text data files and email messages identified and accessed using data in said at least one repository to provide search results identifying a plurality of multimedia documents having a common relationship in response to said user entered search information item identifying an object associated with said identified plurality of multimedia documents, in response to user command; and a database processor for providing said at least one repository including said data identifying said plurality of different types of indexed text searchable multimedia documents including text data files, email messages and web pages and including data enabling access to said indexed text searchable multimedia documents for searching said indexed text searchable multimedia documents.