Enterprise task manager

• US 7,590,971 B2
• Filed: 08/01/2003
• Issued: 09/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IDX Investment Corporation (General Electric Company)
• Original Assignee: IDX Investment Corporation (General Electric Company)
• Inventors: Tice, James R., Bradley, Shannon, Canzano, Stephen A., Ferguson, John R., McKenna, Sean T.
• Primary Examiner(s): CHAVIS, JOHN Q
• Application Number:
  US10/632,328
• Publication Number:
  US 20050028158A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,237 Days
• Field of Search: 718100-102, 717/109
• US Class Current: 717/109
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/544 Remote
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications

Abstract

An enterprise task management system (24) for managing data maintenance tasks across multiple applications. System (24) includes a task manager module (60) and a task engine module (62). Task manager module (60) includes two primary graphical user interfaces: a user interface (64) and a system administrator interface (66). User interface (64) includes an enterprise task list (22), a preview text box (96), and an instructions text box (100). Task engine module (62) includes the following sub-modules: ETM system setup (70) and task generation (72). Another aspect of the present invention is a system architecture for centrally managing the creation of tasks. Additional aspects of the present invention include a method of generating data maintenance tasks within an enterprise information system, a method of populating task data fields using task templates, and a method of automatically generating and performing tasks within system (24).

Claims

1. A method of generating data maintenance tasks within an enterprise information system, comprising the steps of:

filing a source object and event to the system;

determining whether said event is a custom event or a system event;

adding all system events to an event queue;

determining for each of said custom events whether a corresponding custom event ruleset is true;

adding each of said custom events where said corresponding custom event ruleset is true to said event queue;

determining for each of said custom or system events in said event queue whether a task definition corresponding to each of said custom or system events exists;

determining for each task definition corresponding to each of said custom or system events whether a task definition ruleset is true; and

generating a task for each of said custom or system events having a task definition ruleset that is true.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of adding said task to an enterprise task list.

3. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of determining whether said task is a duplicate task.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said tasks generated is worked by the system.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said tasks generated is presented to be worked by a user.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein each of said tasks generated includes a predetermined set of instructions for working each of said tasks.

7. A computer storage medium on which is contained a set of computer readable code for generating data maintenance tasks within an enterprise information system, the computer storage code comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computer, perform the steps of:

filing a source object and event to the system;

determining whether said event is a custom event or a system event;

adding all system events to an event queue;

determining for each of said custom events whether a corresponding custom event ruleset is true;

adding each of said custom events where said corresponding custom event ruleset is true to said event queue;

determining for each of said custom or system events in said event queue whether a task definition corresponding to each of said custom or system events exists;

determining for each task definition corresponding to each of said custom or system events whether a task definition ruleset is true; and

generating a task for each of said custom or system events having a task definition ruleset that is true.

8. A computer storage medium according to claim 7, further comprising the step of adding said task to an enterprise task list.

9. A computer storage medium according to claim 8, further comprising the step of determining whether said task is a duplicate task.

10. A computer storage medium according to claim 8, wherein at least one of said tasks generated is worked by the system.

11. A computer storage medium according to claim 8, wherein at least one of said tasks generated is worked by a user.

12. A computer storage medium according to claim 8, wherein each of said tasks generated includes a predetermined set of instructions for working each of said tasks.