Computer implemented system and method for providing a community and collaboration platform around knowledge transfer, expertise, innovation, tangible assets, intangible assets and information assets

• US 8,589,414 B2
• Filed: 09/08/2009
• Issued: 11/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Visileap Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Greg Waite
• Inventors: Waite, Greg, Clark, Jason
• Primary Examiner(s): Ehichioya, Fred
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, ANHTAI V
• Application Number:
  US12/555,402
• Publication Number:
  US 20100299334A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,533 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/749
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A computer implemented system and method for providing a computer and collaboration platform around knowledge transfer, expertise, innovation, tangible, intangible and information assets are disclosed. The system converts a static expert content into an active forum in an effective manner to promote collaboration among users in the various categories. The system converts the static content into one or more sections according to a parsing rule. Each section is assigned with one or more categories and one or more plug-ins for forming a framework. The system captures the framework as a model and generates one or more data partnering objects, and stores them in a database. Pursuant to a user'"'"'s request and attributes of the user, appropriate one or more of the data partnering objects are retrieved from the database to generate an active forum. The system, then, publishes the active forum.

Claims

1. A computer implemented system for collaboration of one or more documents comprising:

a. at least one computer having a data storage device comprising at least one database stored in a memory;

b. the computer implemented system implementing a parser that parses the one or more documents provided by an expert and splits each document into sections based on a parsing rule according to a hierarchy and scope of the each document;

c. the computer implemented system implementing a category and plug-in control that examines each of the sections of the each document, generates and stores a framework for the each of the sections of the each document in the at least one database, and assigns one or more categories and one or more actionable plug-ins to the each of the sections of the each document based on the context of the each of the sections of the each document;

d. the computer implemented system implementing a modeling module that generates and stores a model for the framework in the at least one database, and further generates one or more data partnering objects according to the model; and

e. the computer implemented system implementing a publisher that generates an active forum by retrieving appropriate one or more models pursuant to a request from a user, according to one or more attributes of the user or any combination thereof, retrieving appropriate one or more data partnering objects and applying appropriate one or more frameworks, and publishes the active forum; and

wherein the hierarchy and the scope of the each document comprises title, header, sections, chapters, outline levels, and topic end points including sentence or paragraph.

2. The computer-implemented system as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more categories are assigned manually by a user.

3. The computer-implemented system as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more categories are assigned automatically based on the context of the each section of each document.

4. The computer-implemented system as recited in claim 1, wherein the each document is in XML, plain text, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CSV, PDF file or any combination thereof.

5. The computer-implemented system as recited in claim 1 further comprises an e-mail interface for converting one or more e-mail correspondences for the parser to generate the active forum.

6. A computer-implemented system for converting one or more static contents into an active forum for on-line collaboration, comprising:

a. at least one computer having a data storage device comprising at least one database stored in a memory;

b. the computer-implemented system implementing a parser that parses each of the one or more static contents, splits the each of the one or more static contents into sections based on a parsing rule according to a hierarchy and scope of the each of one or more static contents, assigns one or more categories to each of the sections, assigns one or more plug-ins to each of the sections, generates one or more data partnering objects based thereon, and stores the one or more data partnering objects in the at least one database; and

c. the computer-implemented system implementing an interface that interfaces with a user and the at least one database to create or update one or more active forums by retrieving appropriate one or more data partnering objects from the at least one database pursuant to a request from the user, attributes of the user or any combination thereof, and publishes the updated one or more active forums; and

wherein the hierarchy and the scope of the each document comprises title, header, sections, chapters, outline levels, and topic end points including sentence or paragraph.

7. The computer-implemented system as recited in claim 6, wherein the parser further generates a framework based on the each of the sections of the each of the one or more static contents, the one or more of categories assigned, and the one or more of plug-ins assigned, and the computer-implemented system further comprises the computer implemented system implementing a model capture module for capturing a model based on the framework for generating the one or more of the data partnering objects.

8. A non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer executable instructions causes a server to perform a method for converting one or more static contents into an active forum, the method comprising the steps of:

a. parsing each of the one or more static contents and splitting the each of the one or more static contents into sections based on a parsing rule according to a hierarchy and scope of the each of the one or more static contents;

b. generating a framework by extracting one or more categories for each of the sections and associating one or more plug-ins to the each of the sections, and storing the framework in at least one database in a data storage device;

c. generating one or more data partnering objects based on the framework and store the one or more data partnering objects in the at least one database;

d. pursuant to a request from a user and attribute of the user, retrieving appropriate one or more of data partnering objects and generating an active forum comprising the appropriate one or more of the data partnering objects; and

wherein the hierarchy and the scope of the each document comprises title, header, sections, chapters, outline levels, and topic end points including sentence or paragraph.

9. The non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 8, wherein the one or more categories are assigned manually by a user.

10. The non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 8, wherein the one or more categories are assigned automatically based on the context of the each of the one or more static contents.

11. The non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 8, wherein the each of the one or more static contents is in XML, plain text, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CSV, PDF file or any combination thereof.

12. The non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 8 further comprises an e-mail interface for converting one or more e-mail correspondences for the parser to generate the active forum.

13. A non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium having at least one database comprising a data partnering object which when processed by a computer implemented server, causes the computer implemented server to build an active forum, the data partnering object comprising:

a. sections of a document split by a parser implemented by the computer implemented server based on a parsing rule according to a hierarchy and scope of the document;

b. one or more categories associated with and being assigned to the each section of the document;

c. one or more plug-ins associated with and being assigned to the each section of the document;

wherein the data partnering object is retrieved from the at least one database by the computer implemented server pursuant to a request from a user, attributes of the user or any combination thereof and used by the computer implemented server to automatically build the active forum by executing the one or more plug-ins associated with the data partnering object; and

wherein the hierarchy and the scope of the each document comprises title, header, sections, chapters, outline levels, and topic end points including sentence or paragraph.