Method and system for capturing mashup data for collective intelligence and user-generated knowledge

• US 8,261,193 B1
• Filed: 04/20/2010
• Issued: 09/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Software AG USA Incorporated (Software AG)
• Original Assignee: JackBe Corp. (Software AG)
• Inventors: Alur, Deepak, Subramanian, Kishore, Krishnamurthy, Rajmohan
• Primary Examiner(s): Abdul-Ali, Omar
• Application Number:
  US12/763,724
• Time in Patent Office: 868 Days
• Field of Search: 715/742, 715/810, 715/744
• US Class Current: 715/742
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services

Abstract

A computer system includes a display interface, a user input device interface, and a processor cooperatively operable with the display interface and the user input device interface. The processor is configured to facilitate displaying, via the display interface, a mashup or service; interacting with the user to input, via the user input device interface, an indication to take a snapshot of the mashup or service being currently displayed via the display interface; and storing a snapshot artifact of live data from the mashup or service at the instant the snapshot is taken.

Claims

1. A computer system, comprising:

a display interface;

a user input device interface; and

a processor cooperatively operable with the display interface and the user input device interface, and configured to facilitate

displaying, via the display interface, a mashup or service,

interacting with the user to input, via the user input device interface, an indication to take a snapshot of the mashup or service being currently displayed via the display interface, and

storing a snapshot artifact of live data from the mashup or service at the instant the snapshot is taken.

2. The computer system of claim 1, further comprising interrogating the user to provide a reason why the snapshot was taken.

3. The computer system of claim 1, wherein

plural mashups are displayed via the display interface, and

the processor interacts with the user to input, via the user input device interface, a selection of one of the currently displayed mashups for the snapshot.

4. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the indication to take the snapshot is one touch of the user input device that triggers the storing of the snapshot.

5. The computer system of claim 1, further comprising interacting with the user so as to share the snapshot with another user.

6. The computer system of claim 1, further comprising scheduling a plurality of snapshots to be taken at pre-defined intervals.

7. A computer-implemented method for providing snapshots, comprising:

displaying, at a mashup client computer via a display interface, a mashup or service,

interacting with the user to input, at the client computer via a user input device interface, an indication to take a snapshot of the mashup or service being currently displayed via the display interface, and

storing, at a mashup server computer, a snapshot artifact of live data from the mashup or service at the instant the snapshot is taken.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising interrogating the user to provide a reason why the snapshot was taken.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the indication to take the snapshot is one touch of the user input device that triggers the storing of the snapshot.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising interacting with the user so as to share the snapshot with another user.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising scheduling a plurality of snapshots to be taken at pre-defined intervals.

12. A computer-readable non-transitory medium comprising instructions for execution by a computer, the instructions including a computer-implemented method for providing snapshots, the instructions when executed comprising:

displaying, via a display interface, a mashup or service,

interacting with the user to input, via a user input device interface, an indication to take a snapshot of the mashup or service being currently displayed via the display interface, and

storing a snapshot artifact of live data from the mashup or service at the instant the snapshot is taken.

13. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 12, further comprising interrogating the user to provide a reason why the snapshot was taken.

14. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 12, wherein plural mashups are displayed via the display interface,

further comprising interacting with the user to input, via the user input device interface, a selection of one of the currently displayed mashups for the snapshot.

15. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 12, wherein the indication to take the snapshot is one touch of the user input device that triggers the storing of the snapshot.

16. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 12, further comprising interacting with the user so as to share the snapshot with another user.

17. The computer readable non-transitory medium of claim 12, further comprising scheduling a plurality of snapshots to be taken at pre-defined intervals.