US6424979B1
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System for presenting and managing enterprise architectures
Assignee: CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc
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Filing: 1998-12-30
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Granted: 2002-07-23
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Expires: 2018-12-30
Abstract
Abstract A system providing views of a technical architecture of an enterprise that take into account the content type interest, level of detail and time frame of desired information. A user, with a browser interface, selects a portal specifying the type of content to be viewed. A profile of the user indicates the level of detail and time frame of information to be obtained. The interface provides the user's selection of desired information within the portal in the form of a page request that is converted into queries of a database that seek content satisfying the type, level of detail and time frame attributes of the request. The content is formed into a web page and provided to the interface by the web server. Content is separated into atomic units allowing the information to be rearranged responsive to each user's needs.
Inventors
- 👤 Eric Bruce Livingston
- 👤 Lisa Conners Vogt
- 👤 Stephen David Gantz
- 👤 David Samuel Zipkin
- 👤 Matthew Todd Richards
- 👤 Sheila Caroline Rocchio
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 05:51
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/06; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99951; Y10S707/99952; Y10S707/99953; Y10S707/99954
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 37
Claim 1
Independent Claim
96 words
A technical architecture management system, comprising: a content repository storing units of a technical architecture in a first format and storing relationships between the units, wherein the content includes an owner and expiration date, said content repository produces an update notification when the expiration date arrives and said system further comprises a message system sending a message to the owner indicating the content has expired; and an assembler accessing the units in said repository relevant to a user request, filtering the units responsive to the user request and presenting the units in a second viewable format.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
96 words
A technical architecture management system, comprising: a content repository storing units of a technical architecture in a first format and storing relationships between the units, wherein the content includes an owner and expiration date, said content repository produces an update notification when the expiration date arrives and said system further comprises a message system sending a message to the owner indicating the content has expired; and an assembler accessing the units in said repository relevant to a user request, filtering the units responsive to the user request and presenting the units in a second viewable format.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
A system as recited in claim 1 , wherein said second format comprises one of hypertext mark-up language and extensible mark-up language.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the units are filtered using attributes of content type, time frame, and level of detail.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A system as recited in claim 3 , wherein the attributes comprise unit subject matter, unit update date, and unit creation date.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
A system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the units are atomic information units.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the relationships include stored unit type, nature, use, commonality, shared use and interdependency.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
88 words
An enterprise architecture management system, comprising: a portal allowing a user to specify a view of technical architecture content to be viewed; and a data storage and retrieval system retrieving the content specified responsive to a content type, level of detail, and time frame attributes, wherein the content includes an owner and expiration date, said data storage and retrieval system produces an update notification when the expiration date arrives and said system further comprises a message system sending a message to the owner indicating the content has expired.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
88 words
An enterprise architecture management system, comprising: a portal allowing a user to specify a view of technical architecture content to be viewed; and a data storage and retrieval system retrieving the content specified responsive to a content type, level of detail, and time frame attributes, wherein the content includes an owner and expiration date, said data storage and retrieval system produces an update notification when the expiration date arrives and said system further comprises a message system sending a message to the owner indicating the content has expired.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
98 words
An enterprise architecture management system, comprising: a browser interface allowing a user to specify a view of technical architecture content to be viewed; and a data storage and retrieval system retrieving the content specified responsive to a content level of detail and time frame attributes, wherein the content is separated into atomic information units, and wherein the content includes an owner and expiration date, said data storage and retrieval system produces an update notification when the expiration date arrives and said system further comprises a message system sending a message to the owner indicating the content has expired.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
98 words
An enterprise architecture management system, comprising: a browser interface allowing a user to specify a view of technical architecture content to be viewed; and a data storage and retrieval system retrieving the content specified responsive to a content level of detail and time frame attributes, wherein the content is separated into atomic information units, and wherein the content includes an owner and expiration date, said data storage and retrieval system produces an update notification when the expiration date arrives and said system further comprises a message system sending a message to the owner indicating the content has expired.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
A system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the level of detail attribute comprises low, medium and high.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
A system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the time frame attribute comprises current, tactical and long term.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
A system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the user specifies a view portal which includes an initial level of detail and an initial time frame.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
16 words
A system as recited in claim 11 , wherein each portal specifies a type of content.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
21 words
A system as recited in claim 11 , wherein the portal provides a view of content with at most four levels.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
30 words
A system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the users specifies one of a technocentric portal, a management and planning portal, a development portal and an enterprise architecture portal.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
18 words
A system as recited in claim 14 , wherein a same content can be retrieved using different portals.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
22 words
A system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the content is retrieved and displayed responsive to the identity of the user.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
28 words
A system as recited in claim 16 , wherein identity of the user corresponds to a profile and the content is retrieved and displayed responsive to the profile.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
20 words
A system as recited in claim 17 , wherein the profile specifies level of detail, time frame and content type.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
27 words
A system as recited in claim 18 , further comprising a toolbox through which the profile level of detail, time frame and content type can be selected.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
15 words
A system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the message is an e-mail message.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
14 words
A system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the message includes the content.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
139 words
An enterprise architecture management system, comprising: a client processor including a browser interface allowing a user to specify a view of technical architecture content to be viewed by making a page request including at least two content specifying attributes; a web server coupled to the client processor and relaying the page request; an object server coupled to the web server, producing queries to obtain the content; a database server responding to the queries with the desired content, the object server assembling the content into a web page which is supplied to said client processor and displayed by the browser interface, wherein the content includes an owner and expiration date, said server produces an update notification when the expiration date arrives and said server further comprises a message system sending a message to the owner indicating the content has expired.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
139 words
An enterprise architecture management system, comprising: a client processor including a browser interface allowing a user to specify a view of technical architecture content to be viewed by making a page request including at least two content specifying attributes; a web server coupled to the client processor and relaying the page request; an object server coupled to the web server, producing queries to obtain the content; a database server responding to the queries with the desired content, the object server assembling the content into a web page which is supplied to said client processor and displayed by the browser interface, wherein the content includes an owner and expiration date, said server produces an update notification when the expiration date arrives and said server further comprises a message system sending a message to the owner indicating the content has expired.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
173 words
A technical architecture management system, comprising: a user interface allowing a user to specify a view of a technical architecture content via a portal comprising one of a technocentric portal, a management and planning portal, and a development portal, and a user profile specifying a time frame and a level of detail, and producing user request attributes; a content repository storing atomic information units of the technical architecture in a first format and storing relationships between the units; and an assembler accessing the units in said repository relevant to a user request, filtering the units responsive to the user request attributes of time frame comprising current, tactical and long term, level of detail comprising low, medium and high detail, and content type, and presenting the units in a second viewable hypertext mark-up language format, wherein the content includes an owner and expiration date, said repository produces an update notification when the expiration date arrives, and said repository further comprises a message system sending a message to the owner indicating the content has expired.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
173 words
A technical architecture management system, comprising: a user interface allowing a user to specify a view of a technical architecture content via a portal comprising one of a technocentric portal, a management and planning portal, and a development portal, and a user profile specifying a time frame and a level of detail, and producing user request attributes; a content repository storing atomic information units of the technical architecture in a first format and storing relationships between the units; and an assembler accessing the units in said repository relevant to a user request, filtering the units responsive to the user request attributes of time frame comprising current, tactical and long term, level of detail comprising low, medium and high detail, and content type, and presenting the units in a second viewable hypertext mark-up language format, wherein the content includes an owner and expiration date, said repository produces an update notification when the expiration date arrives, and said repository further comprises a message system sending a message to the owner indicating the content has expired.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
79 words
A document view process, comprising: allowing a user to specify a level of detail of a view of information descriptive of content of an enterprise technical architecture to be viewed, where the content comprises an owner and expiration date; producing an update notification when the expiration date arrives and sending a message to the owner indicating the content has expired; and retrieving and displaying the enterprise technical architecture content responsive to the specified level of detail and time frame.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
79 words
A document view process, comprising: allowing a user to specify a level of detail of a view of information descriptive of content of an enterprise technical architecture to be viewed, where the content comprises an owner and expiration date; producing an update notification when the expiration date arrives and sending a message to the owner indicating the content has expired; and retrieving and displaying the enterprise technical architecture content responsive to the specified level of detail and time frame.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process as recited in claim 24 , wherein the content is divided into atomic information units.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
74 words
A storage medium for controlling a computer and including a process of specifying a level of detail and time frame of technical architecture content to be retrieved where the content comprises an owner and expiration date; producing an update notification when the expiration date arrives and sending a message to the owner indicating the content has expired; and retrieving and displaying the content specified responsive to the specified level of detail and time frame.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
74 words
A storage medium for controlling a computer and including a process of specifying a level of detail and time frame of technical architecture content to be retrieved where the content comprises an owner and expiration date; producing an update notification when the expiration date arrives and sending a message to the owner indicating the content has expired; and retrieving and displaying the content specified responsive to the specified level of detail and time frame.
Claim 34
Independent Claim
101 words
A method for navigating an electronic representation of the technical architecture of an enterprise, comprising: storing an electronic representation of a multidimensional technical architecture having different levels of detail, time frames, an owner, and an expiration date; automatically determining a level of detail corresponding to how a user uses the technical architecture; displaying to the user a dynamic graphical view of the technical architecture based on the determined level of detail and a specified time frame of the architecture; and producing an update notification when the expiration date arrives and sending a message to the owner indicating the content has expired.
Claim 35
Independent Claim
101 words
A method for navigating an electronic representation of the technical architecture of an enterprise, comprising: storing an electronic representation of a multidimensional technical architecture having different levels of detail, time frames, an owner, and an expiration date; automatically determining a level of detail corresponding to how a user uses the technical architecture; displaying to the user a dynamic graphical view of the technical architecture based on the determined level of detail and a specified time frame of the architecture; and producing an update notification when the expiration date arrives and sending a message to the owner indicating the content has expired.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
88 words
An enterprise architecture management system, comprising: a browser interface allowing a user to specify a view of technical architecture content to be viewed; and a data storage and retrieval system retrieving the content specified responsive to a content level of detail and time frame attributes, wherein the content includes an owner and expiration date, said data storage and retrieval system produces an update notification when the expiration date arrives and said system further comprises a message system sending a message to the owner indicating the content has expired.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
88 words
An enterprise architecture management system, comprising: a browser interface allowing a user to specify a view of technical architecture content to be viewed; and a data storage and retrieval system retrieving the content specified responsive to a content level of detail and time frame attributes, wherein the content includes an owner and expiration date, said data storage and retrieval system produces an update notification when the expiration date arrives and said system further comprises a message system sending a message to the owner indicating the content has expired.
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