Knowledge archival and recollection systems and methods

Abstract

A method of timing and recording user activity in a knowledge archival and recollection system, the method comprising: configuring an activity tracking means; logging into the knowledge archival and recollection system; prompting the user with a task identifier input interface upon opening an application user interface; initiating a timer upon input into the input interface; stopping the timer upon inactive application interface; and storing timer data into a database server.

1 . A method of timing and recording user activity in a knowledge archival and recollection system, said method comprising:
 configuring an activity tracking means;   logging into said knowledge archival and recollection system;   prompting said user with a task identifier input interface upon opening an application user interface;   initiating a timer upon input into said input interface;   stopping said timer upon inactive application interface;   and storing timer data into a database server.   
     
     
         2 . A method as in  claim 1 , further comprising the step of stopping said timer upon user logout from said knowledge archival and recollection system. 
     
     
         3 . A method as in  claim 1 , further comprising the step of stopping said timer upon user deactivation of said timer. 
     
     
         4 . A method as in  claim 1 , further comprising the step of gathering and storing the user activity data, the user activity data including actual content accessed by the user. 
     
     
         5 . A method as in  claim 1 , further comprising the step of collecting file enhancement data, associating the file enhancement data with a file being currently accessed by the user, and transmitting the file enhancement for being stored, wherein the file enhancement data includes annotations and file insertions. 
     
     
         6 . A method as in  claim 5 , further comprising the step of:
 storing the actual content accessed by the user and the file enhancement data as stored material.   
     
     
         7 . A method as in  claim 6 , further comprising the step of:
 indexing the stored material using a front-end indexer and a background indexer, wherein the front-end indexer processes queries and the background indexer generates and updates indexes.   
     
     
         8 . A method as in  claim 1 , further comprising the step of:
 receiving a command, including input parameters, for conducting a search of stored material, the input parameters including keyword, date range, the user activity, the file enhancement data, criteria and graph options from the user;   
     
     
         9 . A method as in  claim 8 , further comprising the steps of:
 generating a customizable user activity report based on the input parameters and the user activity data; and   presenting the report to the user,   
     
     
         10 . A method as in  claim 8 , wherein the user activity data includes data of activity of the user on the computer including online data, being provided to the computer from a network, and offline data, being locally available on the computer. 
     
     
         11 . A method as in  claim 10 , wherein the offline data includes files stored locally on the computer, and wherein the user activity data includes operations performed on the offline data.