Report group management

• US 20020107951A1
• Filed: 09/07/2001
• Published: 08/08/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nasdaq OMX Group Incorporated (Nasdaq, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Nasdaq OMX Group Incorporated (Nasdaq, Inc.)
• Inventors: Perry, Michael, Teague, William
• Application Number:
  US09/949,437
• Publication Number:
  US 20020107951A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A report group management process resides on a server and groups a plurality of reports for retrieval over a distributed computing network by an application program residing on a remote desktop computer. A report group definition process defines a user-defined report group and an individual report selection process selects, from a plurality of available individual reports, at least a first report to be included in the user-defined report group.

Claims

1. A report group management process, residing on a server, for grouping a plurality of reports for retrieval over a distributed computing network by an application program residing on a remote desktop computer comprising:

a report group definition process for defining a user-defined report group; and

an individual report selection process for selecting, from a plurality of available individual reports, at least a first report to be included in said user-defined report group.

2. The report group management process of claim 1 further comprising:

a report group selection process for selecting a predefined report group to be included in said user-defined report group from a plurality of predefined report groups, with the predefined report group including at least a first report to be included in said user-defined report group.

3. The report group management process of claim 2 wherein said predefined report group is a user-defined report group.

4. The report group management process of claim 2 wherein said predefined report group is a process-defined report group.

5. The report group management process of claim 2 further comprising:

a predefined report group deletion process for deleting one or more predefined report groups included in said user-defined report group.

6. The report group management process of claim 1 further comprising:

an individual report deletion process for deleting one or more reports included in said use r-defined report group.

7. The report group management process of claim 1 further comprising a report group deletion process for deleting said user-defined report group.

8. The report group management process of claim 1 further comprising:

a manual report generation process for generating at least a portion of the reports included in said user-defined report group in response to an action taken by the user.

9. The report group management process of claim 1 further comprising:

an automated report generation process for generating at least a portion of the reports included in said user-defined report group at a user-defined specific time.

10. The report group management process of claim 9 further comprising:

a report transmission process, responsive to said automated report generation process, for transmitting reports to the user via an electronic mail delivery mechanism.

11. The report group management process of claim 10 further comprising a master delay process that delays the generation of at least a portion of the reports included in said user-defined report group until after a process-defined specific time to minimize server loading.

12. The report group management process of claim 1 further comprising a user interface process for allowing the user to manage said user-defined report group.

14. The report group management process of claim 13 wherein said predefined report group is a user-defined report group.

15. The report group management process of claim 13 wherein said predefined report group is a process-defined report group.

16. The report group management process of claim 13 further comprising:

an individual report selection process for selecting, from a plurality of available individual reports, at least a first report to be included in said user-defined report group.

17. The report group management process of claim 13 further comprising:

a predefined report group deletion process for deleting one or more predefined report groups included in said user-defined report group.

18. The report group management process of claim 13 further comprising:

an individual report deletion process for deleting one or more reports included in said user-defined report group.

19. The report group management process of claim 13 further comprising:

a report group deletion process for deleting said user-defined report group.

20. The report group management process of claim 13 further comprising:

a manual report generation process for generating at least a portion of the reports included in said user-defined report group in response to an action taken by the user.

21. The report group management process of claim 13 further comprising:

an automated report generation process for generating at least a portion of the reports included in said user-defined report group at a user-defined specific time.

22. The report group management process of claim 21 further comprising:

a report transmission process, responsive to said automated report generation process, for transmitting said reports to the user via an electronic mail delivery mechanism.

23. The report group management process of claim 22 further comprising:

a master delay process that delays the generation of said at least a portion of the reports included in said user-defined report group until after a process-defined specific time to minimize server loading.

24. The report group management process of claim 13 further comprising:

a user interface process for allowing the user to manage said user-defined report group.

26. The report group management process of claim 25 further comprising an individual report deletion process for deleting one or more reports included in said user-defined report group.

27. The report group management process of claim 25 further comprising a predefined report group deletion process for deleting one or more predefined report groups included in said user-defined report group.

28. The report group management process of claim 25 further comprising a manual report generation process for generating at least a portion of the reports included in said user-defined report group in response to an action taken by the user.

29. The report group management process of claim 25 further comprising an automated report generation process for generating at least a portion of the reports included in said user-defined report group at a user-defined specific time.

13. A report group management process, residing on a server, for grouping a plurality of reports for retrieval over a distributed computing network by an application program residing on a remote desktop computer comprising:

a report group definition process for defining a user-defined report group; and

a report group selection process for selecting a predefined report group to be included in said user-defined report group from a plurality of predefined report groups, with the predefined report group including at least a first report to be included in said user-defined report group.

25. A report group management process, residing on a server, for grouping a plurality of reports for retrieval over a distributed computing network by an application program residing on a remote desktop computer comprising:

a report group definition process for defining a user-defined report group;

an individual report selection process for selecting, from a plurality of available individual reports, at least a first report to be included in said user-defined report group; and

a report group selection process for selecting a predefined report group to be included in said user-defined report group from a plurality of predefined report groups, with the predefined report group includes at least a first report to be included in said user-defined report group.

30. A method for creating and managing a report group comprising:

defining a user-defined report group; and

selecting, from a plurality of available individual reports, at least a first report to be included in the user-defined report group.

31. The method for creating and managing a report group of claim 30 further comprising selecting, from a plurality of predefined report groups, a predefined report group to be included in the user-defined report group, wherein the predefined report group includes at least a first report to be included in the user-defined report group.

32. The method for creating and managing a report group of claim 30 further comprising deleting one or more predefined report groups included in the user-defined report group.

33. The method for creating and managing a report group of claim 30 further comprising deleting one or more reports included in the user-defined report group.

34. The method for creating and managing a report group of claim 30 further comprising deleting the user-defined report group.

35. The method for creating and managing a report group of claim 30 further comprising generating at least a portion of the reports included in the user-defined report group in response to an action taken by the user.

36. The method for creating and managing a report group of claim 30 further comprising generating at least a portion of the reports included in the user-defined report group at a user-defined specific time.

37. The method for creating and managing a report group of claim 36 further comprising transmitting the reports to the user via an electronic mail delivery mechanism.

38. The method for creating and managing a report group of claim 37 further comprising delaying the generation of at least a portion of the reports included in the user-defined report group until after a process-defined specific time to minimize server loading.

39. The method for creating and managing a report group of claim 30 further comprising allowing the user to manage the user-defined report group.

40. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause that processor to:

define a user-defined report group; and

select, from a plurality of available individual reports, at least a first report to be included in the user-defined report group.

41. The computer program product of claim 40 wherein said computer readable medium is a random access memory (RAM).

42. The computer program product of claim 40 wherein said computer readable medium is a read only memory (ROM).

43. The computer program product of claim 40 wherein said computer readable medium is a hard disk drive.

44. A processor and memory configured to:

define a user-defined report group; and

select, from a plurality of available individual reports, at least a first report to be included in the user-defined report group.

45. The processor and memory of claim 44 wherein said processor and memory are incorporated into a personal computer.

46. The processor and memory of claim 44 wherein said processor and memory are incorporated into a network server.

47. The processor and memory of claim 44 wherein said processor and memory are incorporated into an array of network servers.