Computer workspace providing event management based on a permissibility framework

US6289385A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• i2 Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Mark Whipple · Dallas, US
• Ranjit Notani · Southlake, US
• Abhay Parasnis · Sammamish, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 1998
• Grant date: Sep 11, 2001
• Expiry date: Sep 18, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer workspace comprises a plurality of memory slots, the memory slots each operable to store at least one object. The computer workspace further comprises a permissibility framework in communication with the computer workspace, the permissibility framework maintaining access rights to each memory slot. The computer workspace further comprises an event manager in communication with the memory slots and the permissibility framework, the event manager being operable to generate messages in response to the memory slots being accessed and further in response to the access rights maintained by the permissibility framework.