METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR LOADING CONTENT ITEMS

• US 20100223221A1
• Filed: 02/27/2009
• Published: 09/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyland Software Incorporated (HSI Holdings II Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Mckesson Financial Holdings Limited (McKesson Corp.)
• Inventors: Gardner, Patrick, Kolwalkar, Nupura
• Granted Patent: US 9,466,025 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 706/45
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/16 File or folder operations, e.g. details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2137 Time limited access, e.g. to a computer or data
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/025 Extracting rules from data

Abstract

An apparatus for loading content items may include a processor that may be configured to identify at least one rule associated with a type associated with a content item. The processor may further be configured to evaluate at least one attribute associated with the content item against the at least one rule. The processor may also be configured to identify a container based at least in part on the at least one rule, and store the content item in the identified container based at least in part on the evaluation of the at least one attribute against the at least one rule. A corresponding method and computer program product may also be provided.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying at least one rule associated with a type associated with a content item;

evaluating, at a content loader, at least one attribute associated with the content item against the at least one rule;

identifying a container based at least in part on the at least one rule; and

storing the content item in the identified container based at least in part on the evaluation of the at least one attribute against the at least one rule.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein evaluating at least one attribute comprises evaluating the at least one attribute against at least one condition specified by the rule.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein evaluating at least one attribute comprises evaluating the at least one attribute against a plurality of rules in an order of precedence.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein evaluating at least one attribute against a plurality of rules in an order of precedence comprises evaluating the at least one attribute against the plurality of rules from a most restrictive rule to a least restrictive rule.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein storing the content item comprises storing the content item in a container identified by a first rule selected from the plurality of rules against which the at least one attribute is successfully evaluated.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a user access to at least one content item stored on a container based at least in part on a role-based security defined based at least in part on at least one attribute associated with content items stored in the container.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein providing a user access comprises evaluating a role associated with the user against a role associated with the container.

8. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising:

program code instructions for identifying at least one rule associated with a type associated with a content item;

program code instructions for evaluating at least one attribute associated with the content item against the at least one rule;

program code instructions for identifying a container based at least in part on the at least one rule; and

program code instructions for storing the content item in the identified container based at least in part on the evaluation of the at least one attribute against the at least one rule.

9. A computer program product according to claim 8, wherein program code instructions for evaluating at least one attribute comprises instructions for evaluating the at least one attribute against at least one condition specified by the rule.

10. A computer program product according to claim 8, wherein program code instructions for evaluating at least one attribute comprises instructions for evaluating the at least one attribute against a plurality of rules in an order of precedence.

11. A computer program product according to claim 10, wherein program code instructions for evaluating at least one attribute against a plurality of rules in an order of precedence comprises instructions for evaluating the at least one attribute against the plurality of rules from a most restrictive rule to a least restrictive rule.

12. A computer program product according to claim 11, wherein program code instructions for storing the content item comprises instructions for storing the content item in a container identified by a first rule selected from the plurality of rules against which the at least one attribute is successfully evaluated.

13. A computer program product according to claim 8, further comprising program code instructions for providing a user access to at least one content item stored on a container based at least in part on a role-based security defined based at least in part on at least one attribute associated with content items stored in the container.

14. A computer program product according to claim 14, wherein program code instructions for providing a user access comprises instructions for evaluating a role associated with the user against a role associated with the container.

15. An apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

identify at least one rule associated with a type associated with a content item;

evaluate at least one attribute associated with the content item against the at least one rule;

identify a container based at least in part on the at least one rule; and

store the content item in the identified container based at least in part on the evaluation of the at least one attribute against the at least one rule.

16. An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to evaluate at least one attribute by evaluating the at least one attribute against at least one condition specified by the rule.

17. An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to evaluate at least one attribute by evaluating the at least one attribute against a plurality of rules in an order of precedence.

18. An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to evaluate at least one attribute against a plurality of rules in an order of precedence by evaluating the at least one attribute against the plurality of rules from a most restrictive rule to a least restrictive rule.

19. An apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the processor is further configured to store the content item by storing the content item in a container identified by a first rule selected from the plurality of rules against which the at least one attribute is successfully evaluated.

20. An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to provide a user access to at least one content item stored on a container based at least in part on a role-based security defined based at least in part on at least one attribute associated with content items stored in the container.

21. An apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the processor is further configured to provide a user access by evaluating a role associated with the user against a role associated with the container.

22. An apparatus comprising:

means for identifying at least one rule associated with a type associated with a content item;

means for evaluating at least one attribute associated with the content item against the at least one rule;

means for identifying a container based at least in part on the at least one rule; and

means for storing the content item in the identified container based at least in part on the evaluation of the at least one attribute against the at least one rule.

23. An apparatus according to claim 22, further comprising means for providing a user access to at least one content item stored on a container based at least in part on a role-based security defined based at least in part on at least one attribute associated with content items stored in the container.