Configurable views of context-relevant content

• US 8,909,748 B1
• Filed: 06/22/2006
• Issued: 12/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Open Text Corporation
• Original Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Chaudhari, Sachin B., Walther, Michael H., Gavrysh, Viktor
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Bryan
• Application Number:
  US11/473,544
• Time in Patent Office: 3,092 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/14 Details of searching files based on file metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/808 User-type aware
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

Providing access to content is disclosed. An indication of a context is received. Access is provided to a context-relevant subset of a body of managed content. In some cases, the context-relevant subset includes a document relevant to the content.

Claims

1. A method of providing access to content comprising:

receiving an indication of a context associated with interacting with a business object, wherein the indication comprises a broadcasted portal event including a key associated with the business object, a key type, and an event type;

providing, based on the receipt of the indication of the context, to a user access to a context-relevant subset of a body of managed content relevant to the context, wherein the subset is linked to the context by metadata annotated to each of a plurality of content items comprising the subset that associates each of the plurality of content items with the business object in a set of metadata used to manage the body of managed content in a content management system that is separate from an application with which the business object is associated;

receiving an indication of a second context; and

providing, to a second user, access to a second context-relevant subset of the body of managed content, wherein the second context comprises role information associated with the second user, and wherein the first and second subsets provided to the respective first and second users are different when the role information associated with the first user is different from the role information associated with the second user;

wherein the metadata is used to provide automatic access to the content items comprising the subset by using the key associated with the business object to query the content management system to locate content items that the metadata indicates are associated within the content management system with the business object.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the context-relevant subset comprises a document relevant to the context.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein providing access comprises:

finding a context-relevant document; and

displaying the context-relevant document.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the context is determined based at least in part on the broadcasted portal event.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the broadcasted portal event is a select event.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the context is determined based at least in part on a payload of the broadcasted portal event.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the body of managed content is located in a document repository.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the context is a business context associated with a business object.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the context-relevant subset comprises one or more documents relevant to the context.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein a displayed subset of the context-relevant subset is displayed based at least in part on a configuration.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the displayed subset is determined based at least in part on a credential.

12. A system for providing access to content comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to;

receive an indication of a context associated with interacting with a business object, wherein the indication comprises a broadcasted portal event including a key associated with the business object, a key type, and an event type;

provide, based on the receipt of the indication of the context, to a user access to a context-relevant subset of a body of managed content relevant to the context, wherein the subset is linked to the context by metadata annotated to each of a plurality of content items comprising the subset that associates each of the plurality of content items with the business object in a set of metadata used to manage the body of managed content in a content management system that is separate from an application with which the business object is associated;

receive an indication of a second context; and

provide, to a second user, access to a second context-relevant subset of the body of managed content, wherein the second context comprises role information associated with the second user, and wherein the first and second subsets provided to the respective first and second users are different when the role information associated with the first user is different from the role information associated with the second user;

wherein the metadata is used to provide automatic access to the content items comprising the subset by using the key associated with the business object to query the content management system to locate content items that the metadata indicates are associated within the content management system with the business object.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the context-relevant subset comprises a document relevant to the context.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein the processor is configured to provide access to a context-relevant subset of a body of managed content at least in part by:

finding a context-relevant document; and

displaying the context-relevant document.

15. The system of claim 12 wherein the context is determined based at least in part on the broadcasted portal event.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the broadcasted portal event is a select event.

17. The system of claim 12 wherein the context is a business context associated with a business object.

18. A computer program product for providing access to content the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving an indication of a context associated with interacting with a business object, wherein the indication comprises a broadcasted portal event including a key associated with the business object, a key type, and an event type;

providing, based on the receipt of the indication of the context, to a user access to a context-relevant subset of a body of managed content relevant to the context, wherein the subset is linked to the context by metadata annotated to each of a plurality of content items comprising the subset that associates each of the plurality of content items with the business object in a set of metadata used to manage the body of managed content in a content management system that is separate from an application with which the business object is associated;

receiving an indication of a second context; and

providing, to a second user, access to a second context-relevant subset of the body of managed content, wherein the second context comprises role information associated with the second user, and wherein the first and second subsets provided to the respective first and second users are different when the role information associated with the first user is different from the role information associated with the second user;

wherein the metadata is used to provide automatic access to the content items comprising the subset by using the key associated with the business object to query the content management system to locate content items that the metadata indicates are associated within the content management system with the business object.

19. A computer program product as recited in claim 18 wherein the context is determined based at least in part on the broadcasted portal event.