System, method, and user interface providing customized document portfolio management

A method for managing a customized document portfolio, comprising:

• providing a website that includes a browsable catalog of documents and allows a user to select a category;
• displaying a list of documents on the website regarding a selected catalog;
• allowing the user to select documents from the list to create the customized document portfolio;
• monitoring document status in the customized document portfolio;
• and
• providing a notification when a status of a document in the portfolio is changed.

A user interface for document portfolio management, comprising:

• a column listing at least one portfolio;
• a notification column corresponding to each portfolio;
• an on-screen selection button for selecting a listed portfolio corresponding to the selection button;
• an on-screen button for invoking a displaying of a selected portfolio;
• wherein an indicator appears in the notification column when a status of a document in the portfolio has changed.

A user interface for document portfolio management, comprising:

• a column listing at least one document of a portfolio;
• a notification column corresponding to each listed document;
• an on-screen selection button for selecting a listed document corresponding to the selection button;
• an on-screen button for invoking an action for a selected document;
• wherein an indicator appears in the notification column when a status of a document in the portfolio has changed.

A method of providing a group of related documents, comprising:

• providing a group of technical identification codes, wherein each technical identification code is unique and represents a certain combination of technical parameters;
• assigning at least one of the technical identification codes to each of a plurality of documents in a database;
• selecting a certain technical identification code from the group of codes, the certain technical identification code having been assigned to at least one of the plurality of documents;
• searching for documents within the database having the certain technical identification code assigned thereto;
• and
• grouping the documents found in the searching into a first group of documents, the documents of the first group of documents being related via the certain technical identification code assigned thereto.