System and method for generating and retrieving different document layouts from a given content

A document component search system operating on one or more computer systems, the computer systems having one or more central processing units (CPUs), one or more memories, and one or more network interfaces connecting the computer system to one or more computer networks, said document search system comprising:

• a document decomposer extracting text subportions from documents to distill document components, said documents being defined by one or more document type models, document components being indexed for full text searching;
• a document search unit identifying relevant documents of static document type and validating search results, said document search unit comparing each respective document type model to the requested document type mask and selecting one or more documents for viewing as a requested document type, valid search results being documents that include all components of said requested document type;
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• a document retrieval unit collecting components for a selected document type from a selected valid document and dynamically assembling said document components according to said selected document type for display ,wherein a resulting document is displayed in the selected format type.

A computer program product for searching and retrieving document components and presenting documents constituted from retrieved components for view, said computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code thereon, said computer readable program code comprising:

• computer readable program code means for entering search requests and presenting search results for view;
• computer readable program code means for decomposing documents into individual document components;
• computer readable program code means for storing said document components in a component library;
• computer readable program code means for storing a searchable index of said document components stored in said component library, wherein said computer readable program code means for storing document components stores a table of document type masks corresponding to supported document types including frequently asked questions (FAQ), downloads and authorized program analysis reports (APAR), each document type mask defining a set of components constituting a particular document type,
• computer readable program code means for searching stored document components responsive to a search query and listing documents identified as responding to said search query in a hitlist;
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• computer readable program code means for analyzing document hitlists against a document type identified in said search query to select valid hitlists entries for a final hitlist, entering selected hitlist entries into said final hitlist.