Patent ID: 8775408

Claim:
An indexing system for an electronic binder configured to organize elements or components of heterogeneous documents, the indexing system comprising: an end user device having a first processor and a first non-transitory memory configured to store device instructions that cause the first processor: to receive user instruction to create a binder, the binder having a binder index including a first section and a second section, to receive user instruction to link a first document element to the first section of the binder index, the first document element comprising a portion of a first document, and further to receive user instruction to link a second document element to the second section of the binder index, the second document element comprising a portion of a second document; a server coupled to the end user device, the server having a second processor and a second non-transitory memory configured to store server instructions that cause the second processor: to receive a request from the end user device to create the binder, to create binder records corresponding to the binder, to receive a request from the end user device to link the first document element with the first section of the binder index, to create a first pointer corresponding to a source location of the first document element and link the first pointer to the first section of the binder index, to receive a request from the end user device to link the second document element with the second section of the binder index, and to create a second pointer corresponding to a source location of the second document element and link the second pointer to the second section of the binder index; and a database store coupled to the server, the database store having a third processor and a third non-transitory memory configured to store database instructions that cause the third processor: to receive and store the binder records created by the server, to receive and store the first pointer and information related to linking the first pointer to the first section of the binder index, and to receive and store the second pointer and information related to linking the second pointer to the second section of the binder index.