Information management system
First Claim
1. An information management system comprising:
- a plurality of workstations adapted for connection to a computer network, each workstation having a memory;
a data repository arranged to receive data from each of said workstations;
an application stored in said memory of each workstation for transmitting outbound data to said computer network and receiving inbound data from said computer network;
policy data containing rules defining relevant commercial data which is to be stored in said data repository; and
an analyser, said analyser being operable in conjunction with said policy data to monitor at least one of said outbound data and said inbound data, to identify in at least one of said outbound data and said inbound data, relevant commercial data that is to be stored in said data repository in accordance with said rules in said policy data, and to cause said relevant commercial data to be stored in said data repository.
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Abstract
An information management system is described including one or more workstations running applications to allow a user of the workstation to connect to a network, such as the Internet. Each application operates in conjunction with an analyzer, which monitors transmission data that the application is about to transmit to the network or about to receive from the network and which determines an appropriate action to take regarding that transmission data. Such actions may be extracting data from the transmission data, such as passwords and usernames, digital certificates or eCommerce transaction details for storage in a database; ensuring that the transmission data is transmitted at an encryption strength appropriate to the contents of the transmission data; determining whether a check needs to be made as to whether a digital certificate received in transmission data is in force, and determining whether a transaction about to be made by a user of one of the workstations needs third party approval before it is made. The analyzer may consult a policy data containing a policy to govern the workstations in order to make its determination. The information management system provides many advantages in the eCommerce environment to on-line trading companies, who may benefit from improvements to record-keeping, security and control over transactions.
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30 Claims
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1. An information management system comprising:
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a plurality of workstations adapted for connection to a computer network, each workstation having a memory; a data repository arranged to receive data from each of said workstations; an application stored in said memory of each workstation for transmitting outbound data to said computer network and receiving inbound data from said computer network; policy data containing rules defining relevant commercial data which is to be stored in said data repository; and an analyser, said analyser being operable in conjunction with said policy data to monitor at least one of said outbound data and said inbound data, to identify in at least one of said outbound data and said inbound data, relevant commercial data that is to be stored in said data repository in accordance with said rules in said policy data, and to cause said relevant commercial data to be stored in said data repository. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An information management system comprising:
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one or more workstations adapted for connection to a computer network, each workstation having a memory; an application stored in said memory of each workstation for transmitting outbound data to said computer network and receiving inbound data from said computer network; policy data containing rules specifying an appropriate encryption strength for outbound data, the encryption strength depending on the content of the data; and an analyser, said analyser being operable in conjunction with said policy data to monitor said outbound data and to determine, in accordance with said rules in said policy data, an appropriate encryption strength for the outbound data;
wherein said analyser controls transmission of said outbound data from said application in dependence upon said determination of an appropriate encryption strength. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An information management system comprising:
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a plurality of client workstations adapted for connection to a computer network, each workstation having a memory; a data repository arranged to receive data from each of said client workstations; an application stored in said memory of each workstation for transmitting outbound data to said computer network and receiving inbound data from said computer network; policy data defining rules for the recording of data that may comprise part of a commercial transaction conducted between a client workstation and a third party across said computer network; an analyser, said analyser being operable in conjunction with said policy data to analyse at least one of said outbound data and said inbound data, to identify the existence of a commercial transaction occurring between a client workstation and a third party by analysing said outbound or said inbound data, and to cause transaction data that is all or part of said outbound data or said inbound data related to an identified commercial transaction to be stored in said data repository. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An information management system comprising:
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one or more workstations adapted for connection to a computer network, each workstation having a memory; an application stored in said memory of each workstation for transmitting outbound data to said computer network and receiving inbound data from said computer network; policy data, containing rules for identifying in outbound data transaction data that is part of a commercial transaction, and rules for the transmission of transaction data so identified; and an analyser, said analyser being operable in conjunction with said policy data to identify in at least said outbound data, transaction data that may be part of a transaction, and to make a determination in accordance with said rules of said policy data as to whether the transmission of said transaction data would satisfy said rules; and
wherein the transmission of said transaction data by said application is dependent on said determination made by said analyser. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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