Patent ID: 7426506

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of retrieving data contained in a file storage system, comprising: providing a keyword, wherein the keyword includes: (i) a parameter comprising a first portion of the keyword, the parameter identifying the data, the parameter describing an attribute of the data; and (ii) a parameter value comprising a second portion of the keyword, the parameter value representing a particular quantity associated with the parameter; (iii) a pointer comprising a third portion of the keyword, the pointer pointing to the data; wherein the parameter and the parameter value are associated with the data contained in a plurality of records, the records included in a document-based database having a plurality of documents stored in the file storage system, each of the plurality of records comprising one or more of the plurality of documents not stored in database tables; and, retrieving the data in response to one or more search criteria associated with at least one of the parameter and the parameter value.