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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2002
William C. Nelson, Hamden, CT (US);
Sukhminder Grewal, New Haven, CT (US);
William C. Nelson, Hamden, CT (US);
Sukhminder Grewal, New Haven, CT (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for organizing information stored within a computer network-based system that includes a server system is provided. The server system is coupled to a centralized database and at least one client system. The method includes receiving at the server system information from the client system wherein the information includes documentation relating to a plurality of topics and a list of experts on a plurality of topics, storing information received at the server system in the centralized database, organizing the information stored in the centralized database, aggregating related information by at least one of a work function, a functional category, and a community, and displaying a user interface on the client system to enable a user to search the database for a specific item of information by at least one of the work function, the functional category, and the community.