Systems and methods for saving and applying user-specified file naming conventions

1. A computer system comprising:

a user computer connected to a network facilitated infrastructure of interconnected computers including servers and work stations;

the user computer further comprising a processor wherein said processor includes programming to:

perform searches on said networked computers and to collect information regarding accessible and responsive publications in the form of electronic documents with one or more fields of text data, for display to a user; and

detect whether one or more electronic document has been selected for download using a Web browser;

a program-controlled facility to automatically, in response to detection of a download, assist in storing selected electronic documents responsive to said performed search, including programming for:

determining a naming convention to be used, wherein said naming convention is selected from a group of conventions wherein said group further comprises at least a user profile defined naming convention wherein said user profile defined naming convention has the highest priority, a cookie defined naming convention wherein said cookie defined naming convention comprises a cookie operable to store data associated with a machine-specific naming convention, and a system default naming convention, each naming convention including:

one or more fields that correspond directly to said one or more fields of text data comprising an electronic document; and

a location for storing a file named according to the naming convention;

constructing a file name according to said determined naming convention, wherein said file name comprises a text string that corresponds directly to said one or more fields of text data comprising said electronic document.

2. A computer system as in claim 1 , wherein said system default naming convention has the lowest priority.

3. A computer system as in claim 1 , wherein a default file name structure is stored in a database.

4. A computer system as in claim 1 , further comprising software for displaying a graphic user interface on a computer screen.

5. A computer system as in claim 4 , wherein said graphic user interface comprises selection means operable to enable a user to select an option to customize a default file name structure.

6. A computer system as in claim 4 , wherein said graphic user interface comprises selection means operable to enable a user to select desired default file name structure bits.

7. A computer system as in claim 4 , wherein said graphic user interface comprises means operable to enable a user to input desired words to be used in a naming convention.

8. A computer system as in claim 4 , wherein said graphic user interface comprises means operable to enable a user to input desired characters to be used between words in a naming convention.

9. A computer system as in claim 4 , wherein said graphic user interface comprises means operable to enable a user to specify an order of file naming bits of a naming convention.

10. A computer system as in claim 1 , wherein a naming convention is specified by a system administrator.

11. A computer system as in claim 1 , wherein said a text string that corresponds directly to one or more of the fields comprising said electronic document is obtained from a Web link to said electronic document.

12. A computer system as in claim 1 , further comprising software for accessing a database containing a plurality of data indicative of content of a plurality of files, wherein at least a portion of said plurality of data corresponds to at least one said text string of a naming convention.

13. A computer system as in claim 12 , wherein said plurality of files contain published journal articles, and wherein said text string of said naming convention comprise at least one of: first author last name, article title, and year of publication.

14. A computer implemented method, comprising:

performing a search on a networked computer and collecting information regarding accessible and responsive publications in the form of electronic documents with one or more fields of text data, for display to a user;

detecting, by said computer, whether one or more electronic document has been selected for download using a Web browser;

determining a naming convention to be used, wherein said naming convention is selected from a group of conventions wherein said group further comprises at least a user profile defined naming convention wherein said user profile defined naming convention has the highest priority, a cookie defined naming convention wherein said cookie defined naming convention comprises a cookie operable to store data associated with a machine-specific naming convention, and a system default naming convention, each naming convention containing one or more fields that correspond directly to said one or more fields of text data comprising an electronic document and a location for storing a file named according to the naming convention; and

constructing, by said computer, a default file name for said file based on said determined naming convention and said fields of text data comprising an electronic document.

15. A computer implemented method as in claim 14 , further comprising accessing, by said computer, a database containing a plurality of data indicative of content of a plurality of files, wherein at least a portion of said plurality of data corresponds to said text data that corresponds directly to one or more of the fields comprising an electronic document.

16. A computer implemented method as in claim 15 , wherein said plurality of files contain published journal articles, and wherein said text data of said default file name structure comprise at least one of: first author last name, article title, and year of publication.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing software, wherein said software, when executed, causes a computer to perform steps comprising:

performing a search on a networked computer and collecting information regarding accessible and responsive publications in the form of electronic documents with one or more fields of text data, for display to a user;

electronically storing, by said computer, a default file name structure;

detecting, by said computer, whether one or more electronic document has been selected for download using a Web browser;

determining a naming convention to be used, wherein said naming convention is selected from a group of conventions wherein said group further comprises at least a user profile defined naming convention wherein said user profile defined naming convention has the highest priority, a cookie defined naming convention wherein said cookie defined naming convention comprises a cookie operable to store data associated with a machine-specific naming convention, and a system default naming convention, each naming convention containing one or more fields that correspond directly to said one or more fields of text data comprising an electronic document and a location for storing a file named according to the naming convention; and

constructing, by said computer, a default file name for said file based on said determined naming convention and said fields of text data comprising an electronic document.