Methods, systems, and apparatus for search of electronic information attachments

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9679010-B2
Application number	US-201414334976-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 18, 2014
Priority date	Jul 18, 2014
Publication date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating a search of attachments are described. A search request based on a business template is obtained, the business template comprising a node containing an identity of an entity to which the attachment is attached and an attachment sub-node. A search request based on an attachment template is obtained, the attachment template comprising a root node referring to the attachment sub-node of the business template and a node containing an identity of the attachment. A search is performed based on the business template and the attachment template.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computerized method of searching, the method comprising:
obtaining a search request conforming to a business template, the business template comprising a business template node containing an identity of an entity to which an attachment is attached and an attachment sub-node;
performing a first search based on the search request conforming to the business template;
obtaining a search request conforming to an attachment template, the attachment template comprising a root node referring to the attachment sub-node of the business template and an attachment template node containing an identity of the attachment;
performing a second search based on the search request conforming to the attachment template, the second search comprising searching content of the attachment; and
providing a result of the first search and the second search for display to a user.

2. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein the attachment template is a virtual template.

3. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein the attachment template defines attributes for searching the attachment.

4. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein the business template further comprises one or more nodes, each node containing one or more of a description, a send date, and content corresponding to the entity to which the attachment is attached.

5. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein the attachment template further comprises one or more nodes, each node containing one or more of a description, a send date, and the content of the attachment.

6. The computerized method of claim 1 , further comprising indexing the entity to which the attachment is attached based on the business template.

7. The computerized method of claim 1 , further comprising indexing the attachment based on the business template.

8. An apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
a processor;
memory to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
obtain a search request conforming to a business template, the business template comprising a business template node containing an identity of an entity to which an attachment is attached and an attachment sub-node;
perform a first search based on the search request conforming to the business template;
obtain a search request conforming to an attachment template, the attachment template comprising a root node referring to the attachment sub-node of the business template and an attachment template node containing an identity of the attachment;
perform a second search based on the search request conforming to the attachment template, the second search comprising searching content of the attachment; and
providing a result of the first search and the second search for display to a user.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the attachment template is a virtual template.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the attachment template defines attributes for searching the attachment.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the business template further comprises one or more nodes, each node containing one or more of a description, a send date, and content corresponding to the entity to which the attachment is attached.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the attachment template further comprises one or more nodes, each node containing one or more of a description, a send date, and the content of the attachment.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to index the entity to which the attachment is attached based on the business template.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to index the attachment based on the business template.

15. An apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
one or more processors;
memory to store instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors perform operations comprising:
obtaining a search request conforming to a business template, the business template comprising a business template node containing an identity of an entity to which an attachment is attached and an attachment sub-node;
performing a first search based on the search request conforming to the business template;
obtaining a search request conforming to an attachment template, the attachment template comprising a root node referring to the attachment sub-node of the business template and an attachment template node containing an identity of the attachment;
performing a second search based on the search request conforming to the attachment template, the second search comprising searching content of the attachment; and
providing a result of the first search and the second search for display to a user.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the attachment template defines attributes for searching the attachment.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
obtaining a search request conforming to a business template, the business template comprising a business template node containing an identity of an entity to which an attachment is attached and an attachment sub-node;
performing a first search based on the search request conforming to the business template;
obtaining a search request conforming to an attachment template, the attachment template comprising a root node referring to the attachment sub-node of the business template and an attachment template node containing an identity of the attachment;
performing a second search based on the search request conforming to the attachment template, the second search comprising searching content of the attachment; and
providing a result of the first search and the second search for display to a user.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the attachment template defines attributes for searching the attachment.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of the machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising indexing the entity to which the attachment is attached based on the business template.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of the machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising indexing the attachment based on the business template.

Assignees

• Fu Song
• Lin Xun
• Li gui zhou
• Li Ke
• Huang Ming
• Xia Jian Jun
• Li Hong
• Li Bei Ning
• Wu Li Hui
• Sap Se

Inventors

• Fu Song
• Lin Xun
• Li gui zhou
• Li Ke
• Huang Ming
• Xia Jian Jun
• Li Hong
• Li Bei Ning
• Wu Li Hui

Classifications

• H04L51/08

  Annexed information, e.g. attachments · CPC title

• H04L51/046

  Interoperability with other network applications or services · CPC title

• G06Q10/0631

  Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations · CPC title

• G06F17/30424 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06Q10/107

  Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing] · CPC title