Centralized management of mobile assets—push based management of corporate assets

• US 8,533,281 B2
• Filed: 12/02/2009
• Issued: 09/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Jaramillo, David, Thorson, Derral C., Bodin, William K
• Primary Examiner(s): Zong, Ruolei
• Application Number:
  US12/629,799
• Publication Number:
  US 20110131051A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,378 Days
• Field of Search: 709/207, 709/204, 709/206, 709217-219
• US Class Current: 709/207
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

An embodiment of the invention provides a method for the centralized management of mobile assets. A central repository of assets is built, wherein the central repository includes a private asset section and a public asset section. The private asset section is only accessible to subscribers of the private asset section. A processor automatically pushes at least one base asset from the central repository onto a mobile device of the subscriber. The base assets are selected by an administrator of the central repository of assets, an employer of the subscriber, and/or an employee of subscriber'"'"'s company. The base assets are selected based on attributes of the subscriber, the mobile device of the subscriber, and/or popularity of assets. In response to a search query for a requested asset by a user, the processor pushes the requested asset from the central repository onto the mobile device of the user.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

building a central repository of assets including a private asset section and a public asset section, the private asset section only accessible to a subscriber of the private asset section;

updating the central repository of assets with newly available assets and assets satisfying a predetermined level of popularity;

automatically pushing with a processor at least one base asset from the central repository of assets onto a mobile device of the subscriber, the at least one base asset is selected based on attributes of the mobile device of the subscriber, capabilities of the mobile device of the subscriber, and popularity of assets, the popularity of the assets being determined based on a net value of positive user tags and negative user tags; and

in response to a search query for a requested asset by a user, pushing the requested asset from the central repository of assets onto a mobile device of the user with the processor.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one base asset is selected by at least one of an administrator of the central repository of assets, an employer of the subscriber, and an employee of the employer of the subscriber, and

wherein the at least one base asset is further selected based on attributes of the subscriber.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the attributes of the subscriber include at least two of job responsibilities, job level, employer, business unit, subscriber affiliation, and geographic location.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the popularity of assets is determined using user quality ratings.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the automatically pushing of the at least one base asset is performed transparent to the subscriber.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the subscriber is an employee of a business organization having access to the central repository of assets.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the requested asset is an asset commonly used by employees of at least one of the user'"'"'s employer and the user'"'"'s business unit.

8. A method, comprising:

building a central repository of assets including a private asset section and a public asset section, the private asset section only accessible to an employee of a business organization;

updating the central repository of assets with newly available assets and assets satisfying a predetermined level of popularity;

automatically pushing with a processor at least one base asset from the central repository of assets onto a mobile device of the employee, the at least one base asset is selected based on attributes of the mobile device of the subscriber, capabilities of the mobile device of the subscriber, and popularity of assets,

the attributes of the mobile device of the subscriber, the capabilities of the mobile device of the subscriber, and the popularity of assets being assigned different weights; and

in response to a search query for a requested asset by a user, pushing the requested asset from the central repository of assets onto a mobile device of the user with the processor.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the at least one base asset is selected by at least one of an administrator of the central repository of assets, the business organization, and an employee of the business organization, and

wherein the at least one base asset selected based on attributes of the employee.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the attributes of the employee include job responsibilities, job level, the business organization, business unit within the business organization, employee affiliation, and geographic location.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the popularity of assets is determined using user tags and user quality ratings.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein the automatically pushing of the at least one base asset is performed transparent to the employee.

13. The method according to claim 8, wherein the requested asset is an asset commonly used by employees of the user'"'"'s employer and the user'"'"'s business unit.

14. A system, comprising:

a database including a central repository of assets, the central repository of assets including a private asset section and a public asset section, the private asset section only accessible to a subscriber of the private asset section;

a monitoring module, said monitoring module updating the central repository of assets with newly available assets and assets satisfying a predetermined level of popularity; and

a processor for automatically pushing at least one base asset from the central repository of assets onto a mobile device of the subscriber and pushing, in response to a search query for a requested asset by a user, the requested asset from the central repository of assets onto a mobile device of the user, the at least one base asset is selected based on attributes of the mobile device of the subscriber, capabilities of the mobile device of the subscriber, and popularity of assets, the popularity of the assets being determined based on a net value of positive user tags and negative user tags.

15. The system according to claim 14, further including a user interface for selecting the at least one base asset,

the at least one base asset selected by at least one of an administrator of the central repository of assets, an employer of the subscriber, and an employee of the employer of the subscriber,

the at least one base asset selected based on attributes of the subscriber.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein the attributes of the subscriber include at least two of job responsibilities, job level, employer, business unit, subscriber affiliation, and geographic location.

17. The system according to claim 15, wherein the monitoring module determines the popularity of assets based on user quality ratings.

18. The system according to claim 14, wherein the processor automatically pushes the at least one base asset transparent to the subscriber.

19. The system according to claim 14, wherein the subscriber is an employee of a business organization one of owning and leasing the central repository of assets.

20. The system according to claim 14, wherein the requested asset is an asset commonly used by employees of at least one of the user'"'"'s employer and the user'"'"'s business unit.

21. A system, comprising:

means for storing a central repository of assets, the central repository of assets including a private asset section and a public asset section, the private asset section only accessible to a subscriber of the private asset section;

means for updating the central repository of assets with newly available assets and assets satisfying a predetermined level of popularity; and

means for automatically pushing at least one base asset from the central repository of assets onto a mobile device of the subscriber and pushing, in response to a search query for a requested asset by a user, the requested asset from the central repository of assets onto a mobile device of the user, the at least one base asset is selected based on attributes of the mobile device of the subscriber, capabilities of the mobile device of the subscriber, and popularity of assets, the attributes of the mobile device of the subscriber, the capabilities of the mobile device of the subscriber, and the popularity of assets being assigned different weights.

22. The system according to claim 21, further including a means for selecting the at least one base asset,

the at least one base asset selected by at least one of an administrator of the central repository of assets, an employer of the subscriber, and an employee of the employer of the subscriber,

the at least one base asset selected based on attributes of the subscriber.

23. The system according to claim 22, wherein the attributes of the subscriber include at least three of job responsibilities, job level, employer, business unit, subscriber affiliation, and geographic location.

24. The system according to claim 22, wherein the means for updating the central repository of assets determines the popularity of assets based on user tags and user quality ratings.

25. A computer program product, comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium;

first program instructions to build a central repository of assets including a private asset section and a public asset section, the private asset section only accessible to a subscriber of the private asset section;

second program instructions to update the central repository of assets with newly available assets and assets satisfying a predetermined level of popularity;

third program instructions to automatically push at least one base asset from the central repository of assets onto a mobile device of the subscriber, the at least one base asset is selected based on attributes of the mobile device of the subscriber, capabilities of the mobile device of the subscriber, and popularity of assets; and

fourth program instructions to, in response to a search query for a requested asset by a user, push the requested asset from the central repository of assets onto a mobile device of the user with the processor,

wherein the first program instructions, the second program instructions, the third program instructions, and the fourth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium.