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Method and system for content management assessment, planning and delivery

  • US 7,039,594 B1
  • Filed: 07/26/2000
  • Issued: 05/02/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for designing a coordinated content management and delivery system comprising the acts of:

  • obtaining information indicative of a client environment;

    determining by computer key considerations related to the client environment, the key considerations comprising;

    what combinations of channels and related devices are to be supported and what content related processes are needed to support publishing;

    providing by computer key processes for use in developing a solution to a system design problem, the system design problem being the determination of what content management and delivery products and processes to implement, and how to implement them, wherein the key processes comprise;

    workflow tracking for content elements, wherein the workflow tracking for content elements includes tracking for review status and access privileges,capture and use of at least one customer'"'"'s user preferences, wherein the at least one customer'"'"'s user preferences include an access record associated with user preferences,application of business rules to user preferences to determine future content development, wherein the application of business rules to user preferences includes input templates for input characteristics of content elements and display templates for display characteristics of content elements,access control for the content management system, wherein the access control of content management includes access control for creating, reading, updating, deleting, and approving content elements, andmetadata capture including author, date of creation and topic, wherein the metadata capture includes a taxonomy having one or more fields for categorizing content elements and corresponding keyword values for the one or more fields;

    applying computer these key considerations and processes to the system design problem with the assistance of a framework showing basic content management and delivery element relationships to provide personalized content for a customer, wherein the framework includes a content delivery system and a content development and management system connected to the content delivery system, whereby such a solution to the system design problem is produced, and wherein the personalized content is in accordance with the at least one customer'"'"'s user preferences and at least one business objective;

    receiving planning input at the a content development and management system from a planning unit;

    processing the planning input at the content development and management system to determine planning output and content elements;

    receiving planning output at the planning unit from the content development and management system;

    receiving content elements at the content delivery system from the content development and management system;

    assembling content elements at the content delivery system to determine customer output;

    receiving customer output at the customer unit from the content delivery system; and

    delivering the personalized content to the customer, further comprising;

    selecting a delivery channel from a plurality of delivery channels in accordance with the at least one customer'"'"'s user preferences; and

    distributing the personalized content over the selected delivery channel.

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