Patent ID: 8290947

Claim:
A system for managing content comprising: A processor configured to: receive at a content management system that is organized by content item type a search query using a content type data to request one or more content items; split the search query into a first split search query and a second split search query; cause the first split search query to search an internal repository, wherein the internal repository is organized by content item type; cause the second split search query to search in an external content source, wherein the external content source is not natively configured to provide content type data for content items; receive a first result associated with the first split search query of the internal repository; receive at the content management system a second result associated with the second split search query of the external content source; associate a content type with a content item included in the second result based at least in part on an information associated with the second result; combine the first result and the second result at a time subsequent to associating the content type with the content item included in the second result; provide the combined results; and a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.