Adaptive content platform and method of using same

• US 20040010796A1
• Filed: 09/26/2002
• Published: 01/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: OpenPages, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Zakon, Gary, Paul, Santanu
• Granted Patent: US 7,356,771 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/328
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/00 Arrangements for software engineering testing or debugging G06F11/36; administrative, planning or organisation aspects of software project management G06Q10/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

An adaptive content platform includes one or more content-enabled, dependent applications, each of which includes a user interface and business logic. A services layer, which is interfaced with the dependent applications and a software infrastructure, provides one or more services that are usable by the dependent applications.

Claims

1. An adaptive content platform comprising:

one or more content-enabled, dependent applications, each of which includes a user interface and business logic; and

a services layer, interfaced with the one or more content-enabled dependent applications and a software infrastructure, for providing one or more services that are usable by the content-enabled, dependent applications.

2. The adaptive content platform of claim 1 wherein the services layer includes a unique application programming interface for each of the one or more services, wherein dependent applications using a specific service make requests through the application programming interface assigned to that service.

3. The adaptive content platform of claim 1 wherein the one or more services includes a content management service for storing and managing files.

4. The adaptive content platform of claim 3 wherein the content management service includes a repository service for storing files.

5. The adaptive content platform of claim 4 wherein the content management service includes a search service for allowing users to search files stored by the repository service.

6. The adaptive content platform of claim 1 wherein the one or more services includes a workflow and collaboration service for managing projects and users.

7. The adaptive content platform of claim 6 wherein the workflow and collaboration service includes a workflow service for managing the workflow of files.

8. The adaptive content platform of claim 6 wherein the workflow and collaboration service includes a user management and authentication service for managing the users and user groups.

9. The adaptive content platform of claim 6 wherein the workflow and collaboration service includes an events and notification service for managing and broadcasting notifications to the users that were generated by the one or more services.

10. The adaptive content platform of claim 1 wherein the one or more services includes a multi-modal content creation service for manual creation and automated importation and conversion of files.

11. The adaptive content platform of claim 10 wherein the multi-modal content creation service includes a transformation and content service for converting the formats of files.

12. The adaptive content platform of claim 10 wherein the multi-modal content creation service includes a desktop integration service for manual contribution of content.

13. The adaptive content platform of claim 10 wherein the multi-modal content creation service includes an import service for facilitating file importation from external systems.

14. The adaptive content platform of claim 1 wherein the one or more services includes a multi-channel deployment service for publishing files.

15. The adaptive content platform of claim 14 wherein the multi-channel deployment service includes a publishing service for publishing files to one or more publishing channels.

16. The adaptive content platform of claim 15 wherein the one or more publishing channels includes a web site.

17. The adaptive content platform of claim 15 wherein the one or more publishing channels includes an email broadcast.

18. The adaptive content platform of claim 15 wherein the one or more publishing channels includes a wireless broadcast.

19. The adaptive content platform of claim 15 wherein the one or more publishing channels includes a syndication stream.

20. The adaptive content platform of claim 15 wherein the one or more publishing channels includes a printed publication.

21. The adaptive content platform of claim 14 wherein the multi-channel deployment service includes a dynamic publishing service.

22. The adaptive content platform of claim 14 wherein the multi-channel deployment service includes a static publishing service.

23. The adaptive content platform of claim 1 further comprising a data layer interfaced with the software infrastructure, wherein the data layer includes one or more databases.

24. A multi-tier software architecture comprising:

an application layer including one or more content-enabled, dependent applications, each of which includes a user interface and business logic; and

a services layer, interfaced with the application layer and a software infrastructure, for providing one or more services that are usable by the content-enabled, dependent applications.

25. The multi-tier software architecture of claim 24 wherein the software infrastructure is an application server.

26. The multi-tier software architecture of claim 24 wherein the services layer includes a unique application programming interface for each of the one or more services, wherein dependent applications using a specific service make requests through the application programming interface assigned to that service.

27. The adaptive content platform of claim 24 wherein the one or more services includes a content management service for storing and managing files.

28. The adaptive content platform of claim 24 wherein the one or more services includes a workflow and collaboration service for managing projects and users.

29. The adaptive content platform of claim 24 wherein the one or more services includes a multi-modal content creation service for automated importation and conversion of files.

30. The adaptive content platform of claim 24 wherein the one or more services includes a multi-channel deployment service for publishing files to one or more publishing channels.

31. The adaptive content platform of claim 30 wherein the one or more publishing channels includes a web site.

32. The adaptive content platform of claim 30 wherein the one or more publishing channels includes an email broadcast.

33. The adaptive content platform of claim 30 wherein the one or more publishing channels includes a wireless broadcast.

34. The adaptive content platform of claim 30 wherein the one or more publishing channels includes a syndication stream.

35. The adaptive content platform of claim 30 wherein the one or more publishing channels includes a printed publication.

36. The adaptive content platform of claim 24 further comprising a data layer interfaced with the software infrastructure, wherein the data layer includes one or more databases.

37. An adaptive content platform comprising:

an application server;

one or more dependent applications, each of which includes a user interface and business logic;

a services layer, interfaced with the one or more dependent applications and the application server, for providing one or more services that are usable by the dependent applications.

38. The adaptive content platform of claim 37 wherein at least one dependent application is a content-enabled dependent application.

39. The adaptive content platform of claim 37 wherein the services layer includes a unique application programming interface for each of the one or more services, wherein dependent applications using a specific service make requests through the application programming interface assigned to that service.

40. The adaptive content platform of claim 37 further comprising a data layer interfaced with the application server, wherein the data layer includes one or more databases.

41. A distributed computing system comprising:

a first computing device for executing one or more content-enabled, dependent applications, each of which includes a user interface and business logic;

and

a second computing device for executing a services layer, which is interfaced with the one or more content-enabled dependent applications and a software infrastructure, wherein the services layer provides one or more services that are usable by the content-enabled, dependent applications.

42. The distributed computing system of claim 41 wherein the software infrastructure is an application server.

43. The distributed computing system of claim 42 further comprising a data layer interfaced with the application server, wherein the data layer includes one or more databases.

44. The distributed computing system of claim 41 wherein the services layer includes a unique application programming interface for each of the one or more services, wherein dependent applications using a specific service make requests through the application programming interface assigned to that service.

45. The distributed computing system of claim 41 further comprising a network for interconnecting the first and second computing devices.

46. The distributed computing system of claim 45 wherein the network is a local area network.

47. The distributed computing system of claim 45 wherein the network is the Internet.

48. The distributed computing system of claim 45 wherein the network is an intranet.

49. The distributed computing system of claim 41 wherein the remote computing device is a web server.

50. A distributed computing system comprising:

a local computing device for executing one or more content-enabled, dependent applications, each of which includes a user interface and business logic; and

a remote computing device for executing a services layer, which is interfaced with the one or more content-enabled dependent applications and a software infrastructure, wherein the services layer provides one or more services that are usable by the content-enabled, dependent applications.

51. The distributed computing system of claim 50 wherein the software infrastructure is an application server.

52. The distributed computing system of claim 51 further comprising a data layer interfaced with the application server, wherein the data layer includes one or more databases.

53. The distributed computing system of claim 50 wherein the services layer includes a unique application programming interface for each of the one or more services, wherein dependent applications using a specific service make requests through the application programming interface assigned to that service.

54. The distributed computing system of claim 50 further comprising a network for interconnecting the first and second computing devices.

55. The distributed computing system of claim 54 wherein the network is a local area network.

56. The distributed computing system of claim 54 wherein the network is the Internet.

57. The distributed computing system of claim 54 wherein the network is an intranet.

58. The distributed computing system of claim 54 wherein the remote computing device is a web server.

59. A distributed computing method comprising:

executing, on a local computing device, one or more content-enabled, dependent applications, each of which includes a user interface and business logic; and

executing, on a remote computing device, a services layer which is interfaced with the one or more content-enabled dependent applications and a software infrastructure, wherein the services layer provides one or more services that are usable by the content-enabled, dependent applications.

60. The distributed computing method of claim 59 wherein the software infrastructure is an application server.

61. The distributed computing method of claim 60 further comprising interfacing a data layer with the application server, wherein the data layer includes one or more databases.

62. The distributed computing method of claim 59 further comprising assigning a unique application programming interface to each of the one or more services, wherein dependent applications using a specific service make requests through the application programming interface assigned to that service.

63. The distributed computing method of claim 59 further comprising interconnecting the first and second computing devices with a network.

64. The distributed computing method of claim 63 wherein the network is a local area network.

65. The distributed computing method of claim 63 wherein the network is the Internet.

66. The distributed computing method of claim 63 wherein the network is an intranet.

67. The distributed computing method of claim 63 wherein the remote computing device is a web server.

68. A multi-tier software deployment method comprising:

providing one or more content-enabled, dependent applications, each of which includes a user interface and business logic; and

providing a services layer, which is interfaced with the one or more content-enabled dependent applications and provides one or more services that are usable by the content-enabled, dependent applications.

69. The multi-tier software deployment method of claim 68 further comprising interfacing the services layer with a software infrastructure.

70. The multi-tier software deployment method of claim 69 further comprising interfacing a data layer with the software infrastructure, wherein the data layer includes one or more databases.

71. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause that processor to:

execute, on a local computing device, one or more content-enabled, dependent applications, each of which includes a user interface and business logic; and

execute, on a remote computing device, a services layer which is interfaced with the one or more content-enabled dependent applications and a software infrastructure, wherein the services layer provides one or more services that are usable by the content-enabled, dependent applications.

72. The computer program product of claim 71 wherein the software infrastructure is an application server.

73. The computer program product of claim 72 further comprising instructions to interface a data layer with the application server, wherein the data layer includes one or more databases.

74. The computer program product of claim 71 further comprising instructions to assign a unique application programming interface to each of the one or more services, wherein dependent applications using a specific service make requests through the application programming interface assigned to that service.