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 |
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.
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