SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT USING DYNAMIC ACTION TEMPLATES

• US 20140229826A1
• Filed: 02/13/2013
• Published: 08/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Castro, Paul C., Huang, Yun-Wu
• Granted Patent: US 9,922,020 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/273
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing content using dynamic action templates are provided. A method for providing content to at least one user, comprises corresponding at least one action to at least one action template, associating the content with the at least one action, and presenting the content to the at least one user, wherein the at least one action template is appended to the content.

Claims

1-9. -9. (canceled)

10. A method for providing content to at least one user, the method comprising:

corresponding at least one action to at least one action template;

associating the content with the at least one action; and

presenting the content to the at least one user, wherein the at least one action template is appended to the content.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the content includes at least one of a webpage, a textual document or a spreadsheet.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of presenting comprises displaying the content and the at least one action template on a screen of a device capable of receiving and sending electronic communications over a network.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising customizing at least one field of the at least one action template.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one field comprises a destination where a response from the at least one user inputted via the at least one action template is to be sent.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising soliciting a response from the at least one user via the at least one action template.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving the response from the at least one user; and

dispatching the content to at least one other user without modifying the content and with at least one other action template different from the at least one action template, wherein the at least one other action template solicits a different response from the response solicited via the at least one action template.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving the response from the at least one user; and

forwarding the response to a destination to trigger a business process.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising presenting the content to at least one other user without modifying the content and without the at least one action template, wherein at least one other action template different from the at least one action template is appended to the content.

19. The method of claim 10, wherein associating the content with the at least one action comprises activating the at least one action from a plurality of actions.

20. (canceled)