Methods, apparatus, and program products for configuring components in networked computing environments

• US 20040139231A1
• Filed: 12/12/2002
• Published: 07/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Edwards, W. Keith, Izadi, Shahram, Sedivy, Jana Z., Newman, Mark W., Hong, Jason, Smith, Trevor F., Marcelo, Karen J.
• Granted Patent: US 7,461,172 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/246
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99937 Sorting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

Methods, systems, apparatus and program products for gathering contextual history from components in an environment and applying an operation on the gathered history to assist a user in selecting which components to use in the environment.

Claims

1. A computer controlled method comprising steps of:

receiving, by a first component, a received contextual history from one or more second components;

applying an operation on said received contextual history; and

selecting one or more of said one or more second components.

2. The computer controlled method of claim 1, wherein said first component includes a local contextual history, and wherein the step of applying said operation is also applied to said local contextual history.

3. The computer controlled method of claim 1, said operation is a filter operation.

4. The computer controlled method of claim 3, said operation is a prioritization operation.

5. The computer controlled method of claim 1, said operation is a prioritization operation.

6. The computer controlled method of claim 1, further comprising presenting at least one identifier of said one or more second components.

7. An apparatus comprising:

a receiver mechanism configured to receive a received contextual history from a plurality of components;

an operation mechanism configured to apply an operation on said received contextual history; and

a selection mechanism configured to select one or more of said plurality of components.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a first contextual history, and wherein the operation mechanism is also applied to said first contextual history.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, said operation is a filter operation.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, said operation is a prioritization operation.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, said operation is a prioritization operation.

12. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a presentation mechanism configured to present at least one identifier of said plurality of components.

13. A computer program product comprising:

a computer usable data carrier having computer readable code embodied therein, the computer program product comprising;

computer readable program code configured to cause said computer to effect a receiver mechanism configured to receive a received contextual history from a plurality of components;

computer readable program code configured to cause said computer to effect an operation mechanism configured to apply an operation on said received contextual history; and

computer readable program code configured to cause said computer to effect a selection mechanism configured to select one or more of said plurality of components.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer usable data carrier is a computer readable media.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer usable data carrier is a carrier wave.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising a local contextual history, and wherein the operation mechanism is also applied to said local contextual history.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, said operation is a filter operation.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, said operation is a prioritization operation.

19. The computer program product of claim 13, said operation is a prioritization operation.

20. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising computer readable program code configured to cause said computer to effect a presentation mechanism configured to present at least one identifier of said plurality of components.