Method and system for symbolical linkage and intelligent categorization of information

A method for the archival of symbolically linked information comprising the steps of:

• receiving an information element and at least an input symbol;
• processing the input symbol to generate a normalized symbol;
• searching a master symbol database using the normalized symbol to find a matching master symbol and linked parent identifier;
• searching a categorical symbol database using the normalized symbol to find a matching categorical symbol;
• storing the information element;
• and
• linking at least one of the parent identifier and the categorical symbol to the information element.

A method for the retrieval of symbolically linked information, comprising the steps of:

• receiving an input symbol;
• processing the input symbol to generate a normalized symbol;
• searching a master symbol database using the normalized symbol to find a matching master symbol and a parent identifier linked to the master symbol;
• searching a categorical symbol database using the normalized symbol to find a matching categorical symbol;
• searching an information element database to find an information element which is linked to at least one of the parent identifier and the categorical symbol;
• and
• retrieving the information element.

A document repository system allowing electronic archival of documents using an input symbol comprising:

• a storage device;
• a network interface;
• and
• a processor coupled to the storage device, said processor adapted to:
• store master symbols in a master symbol database, wherein each master symbol is linked to a parent identifier and a document database;
• store categorical symbols in a categorical symbol database, wherein each categorical symbol is linked to a document database;
• receive an input symbol and a document via the network interface;
• process the input symbol to obtain a normalized input symbol;
• search the master symbol database using the normalized input symbol to find a matching master symbol and a linked parent identifier;
• search the categorical symbol database using the normalized input symbol to find a matching categorical symbol;
• and
• store the document in the document database so that the document is linked to the parent identifier and the categorical symbol.

A document repository system allowing electronic retrieval of documents using an input symbol, comprising:

• a storage device which includes a master symbol database which stores master symbols, a categorical symbol database which stores categorical symbols and a document database, wherein each master symbol is linked to a parent identifier, and the document database stores documents linked to a parent identifier and a categorical symbol;
• a network interface;
• a processor, which:
• receives an input symbol via the network interface,
• processes the input symbol to obtain a normalized input symbol,
• searches the master symbol database and the categorical symbol using the normalized input symbol to find a matching master symbol, a linked parent identifier and the categorical symbol, and
• retrieves documents from the document database that are linked to at least one of the following the parent identifier and the categorical symbol.