Method and apparatus for implementing an active information model

• US 20020035593A1
• Filed: 01/19/2001
• Published: 03/21/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Corybant, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Corybant, Inc.
• Inventors: Salim, Mohammad S., Barber, Ronald M., Rossner, Barbara J.
• Granted Patent: US 7,328,233 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5048 Automatic or semi-automatic definitions, e.g. definition templates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99939 Privileged access

Abstract

An active information model constructed from an aggregation of personal information portals containing an active agent. In a preferred embodiment, the system of this invention can be offered as a network service providing for information access and exchange according to the individual users'"'"' preferences.

Claims

1. An active information model comprising:

(a) at least one personal information portal having access to an active engine, an information service, and a persistent storage service,

(b) said active engine associated with a datasource, a workflow, and a relation;

said active agent being related to an individual'"'"'s role within at least one enterprise,

(c) said relation associated with a rule and an association,

(d) said workflow associated with a command and an action,

(e) said datasource associated with a category.