Hierarchical search folders for a document repository
US11151168B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 5, 2019 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 4, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/51
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computing system receives user input selecting a first search folder in a hierarchical set of search folders for a collection of documents. The system identifies documents of the first search folder by: (i) executing a predefined query specified for the first search folder to dynamically retrieve documents, if any, from the collection of documents, that satisfy the specified query, (ii) identifying documents, if any, from the collection of documents, that are individually associated with the first search folder, (iii) determining whether the search folder includes one or more subfolders, and (iv) in accordance with a determination that the search folder includes one or more subfolders, recursively performing (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) on each of the one or more subfolders of the first search folder, to retrieve documents, if any, contained in the one or more subfolders. The system displays the identified documents to the user.
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