Configurable architecture for managing corporate and industry knowledgebases

US7302431B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Alex Apollonsky · New York, US
• Nicolas Badino · San Jose, US
• Warren Braunig · Shreveport, US
• Karl Cremin · Mountain View, US
• Eric Hoffert · South Orange, US
• Hemang Nadkami · San Jose, US
• Ramesh Seshadri · San Jose, US
• Brian Strull · Los Gatos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2001
• Grant date: Nov 27, 2007
• Expiry date: May 12, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99945
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and system are provided for the customers, along with the host, to have the ability to not only configure and tailor the host knowledgebase, but also the environment in which the knowledgebase is delivered. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a configurable architecture may comprise a host instance, one or more customer instances, a remote configuration engine for a content factory to deliver data comprising content and associated metadata to the host instance, which may deliver the metadata to one or more customer instances, and a customer configuration engine for the customer instance to configure and tailor the data and the environment in which the data is delivered to the needs and wants of the customer corresponding to the customer instance.