Task extraction and synchronization

• US 20050071740A1
• Filed: 09/30/2003
• Published: 03/31/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Chee, Lai Theng, Oh, Haw Kuang
• Application Number:
  US10/676,686
• Publication Number:
  US 20050071740A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/272
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/52 Program synchronisation; Mutual exclusion, e.g. by means of semaphores

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method may include extracting at least one task from a first document, the first document being associated with a first application; extracting at least one other task from a second document, the second document being associated with a second application; and storing each of the at least one task and at least one other task in a task repository.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

extracting at least one task from a first document associated with a first application;

extracting at least one other task from a second document associated with a second application; and

storing each of the at least one task and at least one other task in a task repository.

2. The method of claim 1, the method additionally comprising assigning one of the at least one task extracted from the first document to a task owner.

3. The method of claim 2, the method additionally comprising:

receiving a modified task having a task update, the modified task corresponding to the one of the at least one task; and

synchronizing the one of the at least one task with the modified task by updating the one task with the task update.

4. The method of claim 1, the method additionally comprising storing each of the at least one task and at least one other task in a plurality of individual task repositories, wherein each of the plurality of individual task repositories is associated with a task owner, and is to store tasks associated with a respective task owner.

5. A method comprising:

receiving a first modified task having a first task update, the first modified task corresponding to a first task that is extracted from a first document into a task repository, the first document corresponding to a first application;

receiving a second modified task having a second task update, the second modified task corresponding to a second task that is extracted from a second document into the task repository, the second document corresponding to a second application;

synchronizing the first task with the first modified task by updating the task repository with the first task update; and

synchronizing the second task with the second modified task by updating the task repository with the second task update.

6. The method of claim 5, the method additionally comprising updating the first document with the first task update by exporting the first modified task into the first document.

7. The method of claim 6, the method additionally comprising updating the second document with the second task update by exporting the second modified task into the second document.

8. An apparatus comprising:

a first circuit capable of;

extracting at least one task from a first document, the first document being associated with a first application;

extracting at least one other task from a second document, the second document being associated with a second application;

a second circuit capable of storing each of the at least one task and at least one other task in a task repository.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the second circuit is capable of storing each of the at least one task and at least one other task in a master task repository.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the second circuit is capable of storing each of the at least one task and at least one other task in at least one additional task repository, the at least one additional task repository including at least one individual task repository associated with a task owner.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, the apparatus additionally comprising a third circuit capable of assigning one or more of the at least one task and at least one other task to at least one task owner.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a third circuit capable of receiving a modified task having a task update, the modified task corresponding to one of the at least one task; and

a fourth circuit capable of synchronizing the one of the at least one task with the modified task by updating the one of the at least one task with the task update.

13. A system comprising:

a memory to store a plurality of documents each having at least one task;

a master task repository to store the at least one task;

a plurality of individual task repositories each corresponding to a task owner; and

a task extractor to;

extract at least one task from a first document of the plurality of documents, the first document being associated with a first application;

extract at least one other task from a second document of the plurality of documents, the second document being associated with a second application;

store each of the at least one task and at least one other task in the master task repository, and in a corresponding one of the plurality of task repositories.

14. The system of claim 13, the task extractor to additionally assign some of the at least one task and other task to at least one task owner of the at least one task and other tasks.

15. The system of claim 13, additionally comprising a task synchronizer to:

receive a modified task having a task update, the modified task corresponding to one of the at least one task; and

synchronize the one of the at least one task with the modified task by updating the one of the at least one task with the task update.

16. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, the instructions when executed by a machine, result in the following:

extracting at least one task from a first document, the first document being associated with a first application;

extracting at least one other task from a second document, the second document being associated with a second application;

storing each of the tasks and other tasks in at least one task repository.

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein one of the at least one task repository includes a master task repository, and the instructions when executed by the machine additionally result in:

receiving a modified task having a task update, the modified task corresponding to one of the at least one task; and

synchronizing the one of the at least one task with the modified task by updating the one of the at least one task with the task update.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 16, the instructions when executed by the machine additionally result in assigning some of the at least one task and other task to at least one task owner of the at least one task and other tasks.

19. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, the instructions when executed by a machine, result in the following:

receiving a first modified task having a first task update, the first modified task corresponding to a first task that is extracted from a first document into a task repository, the first document corresponding to a first application;

receiving a second modified task having a second task update, the second modified task corresponding to a second task that is extracted from a second document into the task repository, the second document corresponding to a second application;

synchronizing the first task with the first modified task by updating the task repository with the first task update; and

synchronizing the second task with the second modified task by updating the task repository with the second task update.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, the instructions when executed by the machine additionally result in updating the first document with the first task update by exporting the-first modified task into the first document.

21. The machine-readable medium of claim 20, the instructions when executed by the machine additionally result in updating the second document with the second task update by exporting the second modified task into the second document.