Role-Based Content Rendering

• US 20130212703A1
• Filed: 02/08/2013
• Published: 08/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TATA Consultancy Services Limited (Tata Sons Pvt Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: TATA Consultancy Services Limited (Tata Sons Pvt Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ramesh, Rajini, Garlapati, Madhavi
• Granted Patent: US 10,114,964 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/28
• 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: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06393 Score-carding, benchmarking or key performance indicator [KPI] analysis

Abstract

Systems and methods for rendering role-based content are described herein. The system includes a registration module configured to define an application role in a metadata driven framework for providing selective access to the content. The content may include data and content objects. The registration module may also be configured to associate content objects with the application role. The system may also include an authentication module configured to authenticate a user from a plurality of users. The user may be authenticated based on log-in credentials of the user. The authentication module may also determine the application role of the user. Additionally, the authentication module may identify one or more content objects based on the determined application role of the user. The content objects may be identified based on the application role of the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

defining one or more application roles in a metadata driven framework for providing selective access to content, wherein the content comprises data and content objects, the data being associated with at least one application supported by the metadata driven framework;

assigning at least one application role from the one or more application roles to a user associated with the metadata driven framework; and

associating the at least one application role with one or more of the content objects, the content objects being determined based on metadata associated with the user, wherein based on the application role assigned to the user, the data and the one or more content objects are selectively rendered for access to the user.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprises defining at least one rule for the user, wherein the at least one rule is associated with the at least one application role.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the content objects comprise at least one user interface and at least one user interface element.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data is rendered to the user through the content objects.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the associating comprises,

defining a plurality of parameters associated with the content objects for rendering the content;

and

assigning filters for rendering the content objects based on the plurality of parameters.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 further comprising specifying an auto-refresh time for the rendered content objects based on an application role of a user.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the defining comprises assigning a default value to each of the plurality of parameters.

8. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the defining comprises assigning a default value to each of the filters for initially rendering the content.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising allowing, based on the at least one application role, the user to define a custom logic for rendering the content objects.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the assigning the at least one application role comprises providing access to the user to modify the one or more content objects and data rendered for access to the user.

11. A method comprising:

authenticating a user to access content associated with a metadata driven framework, the content comprising data and content objects;

determining an application role associated with the user, wherein the access of the content to the user is determined based on the application role associated with the user;

identifying one or more of the content objects associated with the user, wherein the content objects are identified based on the application role of the user; and

providing selective access to the data to the user through the one or more identified content objects, wherein the access to the data is ascertained based on the application role associated with the user.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the user is authenticated based on login credentials of the user.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the identifying the one or more of the content objects comprises,

identifying a plurality of parameters associated with the content objects;

and

determining filters for rendering the content objects based on the plurality of parameters.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the identifying further comprises determining an auto-refresh time specified for the rendered content objects, based on the application role of the user.

15. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising defining a filter for rendering the one or more content objects, based on the application role associated with the user.

16. The method as claimed in claim 11 further comprising:

defining a custom logic for rendering the content objects, based on the at least one application role; and

providing access to the rendered content objects based on the defined custom logic.

17. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising;

a registration module configured to,

assign one or more application roles to each of a plurality of users associated with a metadata driven framework; and

associate content objects with the one or more application roles, the content objects being determined based on metadata associated with each of the plurality of users, wherein access of data using the content objects is determined for each of the plurality of users based on the associated one or more application roles; and

an authentication module configured to,

authenticate a user from the plurality of users to access content, the content comprising the data and the content objects;

determine at least one application role from the one or more application roles associated with the user; and

provide access of the content to the user, based on the at least one application role associated with the user.

18. The system as claimed in claim 17 further comprising an interface module configured to,

identify one or more content objects to provide access of the data to the user, based on the at least one application role associated with the user;

and

provide access of the data to the user using the one or more identified content objects, based on the at least one application role associated with the user.

19. The system as claimed in claim 18, wherein the interface module is further configured to allow, based on the at least one application role, the user to define a custom logic for rendering the one or more identified content objects.