US 6,983,288 B1
Multiple layer information object repository
Michael J. Kirkwood, San Francisco, Calif. (US); and Sima Yazdani, Pleasanton, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, Calif. (US)
Filed on Aug. 08, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/925,204.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/252378, filed on Nov. 20, 2000.
Int. Cl. G06F 17/30 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 707—103R 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of relating data stored in one or more content management systems for an enterprise, the method comprising the steps of:
managing a first information object data structure corresponding to a first information object, wherein the first information object is data stored in a file;
managing a first concept data structure corresponding to a first concept;
managing a second concept data structure corresponding to a second concept;
managing a first relationship data structure, wherein the first relationship data structure comprises a first reference to the first concept data structure and a second reference to the second concept data structure;
managing a second relationship data structure, wherein the second relationship data structure comprises a third reference to the first concept data structure and a fourth reference to the first information object data structure;
receiving a request for a document referring to the second concept; and
generating the document referring to the second concept based on a set of information, wherein the set of information comprises the first relationship data structure, the second relationship data structure, the first information object data structure, and the first information object.