DETERMINING A REPLACEMENT DOCUMENT OWNER

• US 20140172769A1
• Filed: 07/24/2013
• Published: 06/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: ANDERS, Kelley L., HEWITT, Trudy L.
• Granted Patent: US 9,043,258 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 706/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/105 Arrangements for software license management or administration, e.g. for managing licenses at corporate level
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/30 Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/046 Forward inferencing; Production systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0633 Workflow analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for commerce, e.g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources

Abstract

Provided are a method, computer program product, and system for generating a recommendation for transfer of ownership of content. At least one characteristic of a first owner is determined. At least one characteristic of the content is determined. A second owner for the content is determined based on the at least one characteristic of the first owner, and the at least one content characteristic. The recommendation for transfer of ownership is generated, based at least in part on the determination of the second owner.

Claims

1. A method for generating a recommendation for transfer of ownership of a content, comprising:

determining at least one characteristic of a first owner, by at least one computing processor;

determining at least one content characteristic, by the at least one computing processor;

determining a second owner of the content based on the at least one characteristic of the first owner and the at least one content characteristic, by the at least one computing processor; and

generating a recommendation for transfer of ownership of the content, based at least in part on the determination of the second owner.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending the recommendation to the second owner; and

receiving a response to the recommendation.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

transferring ownership based on the response.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein determining the second owner comprises:

searching a knowledgebase for a second owner corresponding to the first owner of the content and at least one characteristic of the content.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

upon receiving a response, updating the knowledgebase with the first owner, the second owner, at least a portion of the response, and the at least one content characteristic.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one characteristic of the first owner includes a role.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one characteristic of the content includes a classification.