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IBM Receives Patent for Document Review Activity Indication in Content Management System

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IBM has been granted a patent for developing a system that indicates review activity of a document in a content management system. The system monitors and logs review activity for elements in a document, and annotates the schema or document type based on the logged review activity. This allows authors to see past review activity when editing or creating a document. The patent application was filed on August 29, 2007, and has been assigned the patent number 8,090,688.

Key Takeaways:

  • The patented system monitors and logs review activity for elements in a document, allowing for the indication of review activity levels.
  • The system annotates the schema or document type based on the logged review activity, providing authors with an indication of past review activity.
  • The patent application was filed on August 29, 2007, and has been assigned the patent number 8,090,688.
  • The system allows for the display of past review activity to users when they edit or create a document based on the same schema or document type.
  • The patent is developed by John Edward Petri, and was granted to IBM.
  • The system uses a review activity policy that includes one or more thresholds that define ranges corresponding to review activity levels.
  • The patent abstract states that the system allows for the indication of review activity levels for one or more elements in the schema or document type.

Statistics:

  • Patent number: 8,090,688
  • Patent application filing date: August 29, 2007
  • Patent application number: 11/847,112
  • Patent assigned to: IBM
  • Document review activity logged: yes
  • Review activity levels indicated: yes
  • Schema or document type annotated: yes
  • Past review activity displayed: yes

Sources:

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ( http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=80,90,688.PN.&OS=PN/80,90,688&RS=PN/80,90,688 )

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