Content bank for objects

• US 7,974,925 B2
• Filed: 06/10/2008
• Issued: 07/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: Shah, Baiju, Horner, Ryan
• Primary Examiner(s): CHEUNG, MARY DA ZHI WANG
• Application Number:
  US12/136,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20080243915A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,120 Days
• Field of Search: 705 50- 56, 709201-203, 709223-229, 707/609, 707/689, 707/705, 707/821
• US Class Current: 705/51
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/289 Object oriented databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6227 where protection concerns the structure of data, e.g. records, types, queries
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99944 Object-oriented database structure

Abstract

A content bank for objects hosts all information regarding an object and serves as a proxy for that object. The content bank comprises at least one instance of a digital identity corresponding the object. Object identity modules or services are available through the digital identity instance. Via the content bank system, the digital identity instance receives object-related information from a source and targeted to a specific service. Conversely, the digital identity instance also serves to determine when object-related information should be provided to a third party by a given service, or when object-related information needs to be manipulated by one or more services. A multi-mode interface is available for third parties to communicate with the digital identity instance. In this manner, third parties are not only able to access data regarding an object, but are actually able to communicate with an object via the digital identity instance.

Claims

1. In a content bank system comprising at least one digital identity instance representative of at least one object, a method for manipulating object-related information regarding an object of the at least one object, the method comprising:

determining, via a services registry associated with a digital identity instance corresponding to the object, whether a service associated with the object-related information exists, wherein the service registry lists available services for the object based on at least one service module associated with the digital identity instance and wherein the digital identity instance acts as a proxy for the object and is defined by instantiations of the at least one service module;

when the service associated with the object-related information exists, accessing the object-related information via the service;

modifying the object-related information to provide modified object-related information; and

sending the modified object-related information to the service such that the modified object-related information is subsequently available via the content bank system.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, via the services registry, location information regarding the service;

accessing the object-related information via the service based on the location information; and

sending the modified object-related information to the service based on the location information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the location information corresponds to another content bank system.

4. A content bank system comprising at least one digital identity instance representative of at least one object device, the system comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory, coupled to the at least one processor, comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

determine, via a services registry associated with a digital identity instance corresponding to an object, whether a service associated with object-related information exists, wherein the service registry lists available services for the object based on at least one service module associated with the digital identity instance and wherein the digital identity instance acts as a proxy for the object and is defined by instantiations of the at least one service module;

access the object-related information via the service when the service associated with the object-related information exists;

modify the object-related information to provide modified object-related information; and

send the modified object-related information to the service such that the modified object-related information is subsequently available via the content bank system.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the memory further comprises computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

determine, via the services registry, location information regarding the service;

access the object-related information via the service based on the location information; and

send the modified object-related information to the service based on the location information.