US 6,557,039 B1 · System and method for managing information retrievals from distributed archives

Abstract

A system and method for managing information retrievals from all of an enterprises' archives across all operating locations. A single “virtual archive” is provided which links all of the electronic archives of the enterprise, regardless of the location or configuration of the archive. The virtual archive allows for data aggregation (regardless of location) so the a user can have data from multiple physical locations on a single screen in a single view. A single, consistent and user friendly interface is provided through which users are able to access multiple applications through a single sign-on and password. Logical tables that are used to direct information retrieval requests to the physical electronic archives. The retrieved information is reformatted and repackaging to resolve any incompatibility between the format of the stored information and the distribution media.

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A system for managing information retrievals from distributed archive facilities comprising:

a messaging layer providing access to each of the distributed archives;
a user interface layer providing communication links to a plurality of users;
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an archive access manager coupled to the messaging layer and coupled to the user interface layer, the archive access manager comprising:
an application interface manager coupled to the user interface layer, the application interface manager providing input and output services with respect to users of the system, the application interface manager determining the distributed archive where the requested information is stored,
a core processing block coupled to the application interface manager, the core processing block managing requests for information retrievals and formatting retrieved information, and
an archive information manager coupled to the core processing block and coupled to the messaging layer, the archive information manager transmitting the requests for information retrievals to the distributed archives and receiving the retrieved information from the distributed archives.

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Abstract

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