Patent ID: 7533105
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A content framework system comprising: a content infrastructure executed by a processor within a computing system, said content infrastructure comprising content management systems, wherein each of said content management systems comprises content; a content association system executed by said processor within said computing system, said content association system generating a first set of associations metadata comprising a first set of links linking said content management systems together and a second set of associations metadata comprising a second set of links linking said content management systems together, wherein said first set of links and said second set of links are not a same set of links, wherein said first set of links is linking a first portion of said content from a first content management system of said content management systems with a second portion of said content from a second content management system of said content management systems, and wherein said second set of links is linking said first portion of said content from said first content management system of said content management systems with a third portion of said content from said second content management system of said content management systems; a content flow management system executed by said processor within said computing system, said content flow management system submitting content into said content infrastructure and controlling a flow of said content between said content management systems, said content flow management system comprising an acquisition tool providing teams within an organization interaction with said content framework system to submit a program, component, and library to a project, wherein said project stores said program, component, and library; a content manipulation system connected to said processor, said content manipulation system allowing teams within an organization to create, modify, and promote different types of content within said content management systems; a community system connected to said processor, said community system allowing said teams to collaborate and add value to said content; a joint development system connected to said processor said joint development system allowing said teams to leverage knowledge and technology regarding said content, wherein said joint development system comprises a shared source tool, wherein said said community system provides access to said shared source tool, and wherein said said shared source tool locates, accesses, and modifies a set of source code and executable code associated with said content; a user interface system connected to said processor within said computing system, said user interface system visually rendering said first set of links and said second set of links, wherein said user interface system comprises an attribute tool assigning attributes describing each link of said first set of links and each link of said second set of links, wherein said visual rendering illustrates a first link of said first set of links as a first line connected between a first sub-portion of said first portion and a second sub-portion of said second portion, wherein said first line is illustrated as a dotted line, wherein said dotted line represents a first viewpoint associated with a developer of said content, wherein said visual rendering illustrates a second link of said second set of links as a second line connected between said first sub-portion and a third sub-portion of said third portion, wherein said second line is illustrated as a multicolored line, wherein said multicolored line represents a second viewpoint associated with a researcher of said content, wherein said attribute tool defines a first visual style for said first line and a second visual style for said second line, wherein said first visual style comprises a different visual style from said second visual style, wherein said first visual style defines a first relationship between said first sub-portion and said second sub-portion, wherein said second visual style defines a second relationship between said first sub-portion and said third sub-portion, and wherein said first relationship differs from said second relationship; and an access and security system executed by said processor within said computing system, said access and security system controlling access to said content, wherein said access and security system comprises an access and security tool and a control tool, wherein said control tool is used by a governance party controlling specific parties that access or manipulate said content, wherein said access and security tool comprises tools allowing administrators to control users who may access or manipulate said content, and wherein said access and security system defines users for said shared source tool.