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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2004
Tolga Oral, Arlington, MA (US);
David L. Newbold, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Michael Bolin, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Raudel S. Rodriguez, Austin, TX (US);
Tolga Oral, Arlington, MA (US);
David L. Newbold, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Michael Bolin, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Raudel S. Rodriguez, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The method includes maintaining, on a workstation of a user, an index that includes one or more entries for only one or more documents the user has previously accessed; receiving from the user a request to search the index; and presenting a user interface providing a search results listing and one or more graphical visualizations characterizing the search results. In response to an input from the user, usage metrics for a selected documents are displayed.