System and method for providing metadata interaction and visualization with task-related objects

US7975239B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Victoria M. E. Bellotti · San Francisco, US
• Daniel G. Bobrow · Palo Alto, US
• Ian E. Smith · San Francisco, US
• Nicolas B. Ducheneaut · Mountain View, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 17, 2003
• Grant date: Jul 5, 2011
• Expiry date: Jan 25, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for providing metadata interaction and visualization with task-related objects is described. A plurality of task-oriented items is defined. Each task-oriented item includes a storage component specifying metadata relating to at least one of planning, executing or completing a task. A visualization is provided to tie in the task-oriented items and associate modeling logic operating on at least one such task-oriented item. The visualization is displayed by highlighting at least one of interdependencies and conflicts between the metadata of the task-oriented items.