METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ENTERPRISE CONTENT

• US 20110238650A1
• Filed: 06/07/2011
• Published: 09/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Crowdstrike, Inc. (CrowdStrike Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Crowdstrike, Inc. (CrowdStrike Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Sumner-Smith, Martin, Müller, Florian, McKinnon, Cheryl Lynne, Jenkins, Paul Thomas, Timmermans, Matthew David George, Barkley, Daniel Wray, Morton, Willard Carter JR., Boender, Robert W., Howatson, Adam Murray
• Application Number:
  US13/155,246
• Publication Number:
  US 20110238650A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/706
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method and system for providing a consistent flow documents and data content across different organizational units of a company or agency where the documents and data come from different enterprise systems and data stores but are related to linked processes that share models for organizing the content in the business context and in a format that enables a user to relate the content to the process step or steps they are performing. The system includes a network service that enables a configuration utility to automatically discover the objects and metadata and provides for a mapping of selected fields of the metadata to regions displayed in the user interface view with provision for filtering the data by mapping selected fields to a user input form. Thereby, a business analyst can create solutions without writing and maintaining complex program logic for each combination of presentation environment, enterprise system and data store.

Claims

1. A method for searching for data, the method comprising:

receiving a model metadata of a content configured for provisioning within a presentation framework based on a process step within a business process;

receiving at least one query;

searching a search index of a content management repository based on the query; and

discovering content based on metadata, the content, and the query, wherein the search results are restricted by the metadata, and the metadata is based on the presentation framework and the business process.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the search results are enhanced by concept-based views or facets based on the discovery.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting the content within the presentation framework.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein searching is performed by at least one of a native search service or an embedded search engine.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein discovering comprises:

sending a discovery query for the content to a plurality of productivity application environment configured to provide content of the plurality of different types.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

associating an additional activity with the content; and

augmenting the content metadata with additional information associated with the additional activity.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating the content with one or more additional contents as a collection of contents, including integrating content metadata from the additional contents based on an activity within a work flow.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the search index is an embedded search index.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

extracting the content with metadata from an external content management repository into an embedded searchable index.

10. A system for searching for data, the method comprising at least one processor configured to perform actions comprises:

receiving a model metadata of a content configured for provisioning within a presentation framework based on a process step within a business process;

receiving at least one query;

searching a search index of a content management repository based on the query; and

discovering content based on metadata, the content, and the query, wherein the search results are restricted by the metadata, and the metadata is based on the presentation framework and the business process.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the search results are enhanced by concept-based views or facets based on the discovery.

13. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

presenting the content within the presentation framework.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the actions further comprise:

adding additional external content data to the content based on an activity within a work flow.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein adding additional content data comprises:

including content metadata based on an activity within a work flow.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein discovering comprises:

sending a discovery query for the content to a plurality of productivity application environment configured to provide content of the plurality of different types.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the actions further comprise:

associating the content with one or more additional contents as a collection of contents, including integrating content metadata from the additional contents based on an activity within a work flow.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein searching is performed by at least one of a native search service or an embedded search engine.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the actions further comprise:

extracting the content with metadata from an external content management repository into an embedded searchable index.

20. A non-transitory processor readable medium for searching for data, the medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform actions that comprise:

receiving a model metadata of a content configured for provisioning within a presentation framework based on a process step within a business process;

receiving at least one query;

searching a search index of a content management repository based on the query; and

discovering content based on metadata, the content, and the query, wherein the search results are restricted by the metadata, and the metadata is based on the presentation framework and the business process.