Methods and systems for providing knowledge documents
First Claim
1. A system for providing knowledge documents, comprising:
- a community of practice including members; and
a knowledge management architecture managing knowledge documents used by the community of practice and maintaining a user profile for each member having criteria reflecting a preferred format for received knowledge documents, the knowledge management architecture configured to;
receive a search request for knowledge documents from a first member, the first member associated with a first user profile with first user profile criteria generate a search result based on the search request, the search result including one or more of the knowledge documents, convert a first knowledge document included in the search result to a format compatible with the first user profile criteria, and provide the converted knowledge document to the first member.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for providing knowledge documents are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system may include a community of practice, including members and a knowledge management architecture managing knowledge documents used by the community of practice and maintaining a user profile for each member having criteria reflecting a preferred format for received knowledge documents. The knowledge management architecture may be configured to receive a search request for knowledge documents from a first member. The first member may be associated with a first user profile with first user profile criteria. The knowledge management architecture may also be configured to generate a search result based on the search request. The search result may include one or more of the knowledge documents. Further, the knowledge management architecture may convert a first knowledge document included in the search result to a format compatible with the first user profile criteria and provide the converted knowledge document to the first member.
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24 Claims
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1. A system for providing knowledge documents, comprising:
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a community of practice including members; and
a knowledge management architecture managing knowledge documents used by the community of practice and maintaining a user profile for each member having criteria reflecting a preferred format for received knowledge documents, the knowledge management architecture configured to;
receive a search request for knowledge documents from a first member, the first member associated with a first user profile with first user profile criteria generate a search result based on the search request, the search result including one or more of the knowledge documents, convert a first knowledge document included in the search result to a format compatible with the first user profile criteria, and provide the converted knowledge document to the first member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for providing collaborative communications in a community of practice environment, including:
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a community of practice including members each being associated with a user profile; and
a knowledge management system maintaining user profiles for each of the members, each user profile including user profile criteria indicating a preferred format a respective member prefers to have communications provided them within the community of practice, wherein the knowledge management system is configured to;
receive a request to transmit communications from a first member to a second member, determine whether the communications includes data in a format that is not compatible with the second member'"'"'s user profile criteria, convert the communications to the preferred format associated with the second member'"'"'s user profile criteria based on the determination, and send the converted communications to the second member. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of providing knowledge documents in an environment including a community of practice including members and a knowledge management architecture managing knowledge documents used by the community of practice and maintaining a user profile for each member having criteria reflecting a preferred format for received knowledge documents, the method performed by the knowledge management architecture comprising:
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receiving a search request for knowledge documents from a first member, the first member associated with a first user profile with first user profile criteria;
generating a search result based on the search request, the search result including one or more of the knowledge documents;
converting a first knowledge document included in the search result to a format compatible with the first user profile criteria; and
providing the converted knowledge document to the first member. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for providing collaborative communications in a community of practice environment including a community of practice including members each being associated with a user profile and a knowledge management system maintaining user profiles for each of the members, each user profile including user profile criteria indicating a preferred format a respective member prefers to have communications provided them within the community of practice, the method comprising:
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receiving a request to transmit communications from a first member to a second member;
determining whether the communications includes data in a format that is not compatible with the second member'"'"'s user profile criteria;
converting the communications to the preferred format associated with the second member'"'"'s user profile criteria based on the determination; and
sending the converted communications to the second member. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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