Patent ID: 7941453
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of managing content through proxies, the method comprising, in the following order, by a content manager software component residing on a non-transitory data processing system readable storage medium in a content management system: examining a proxy object at the content management system, wherein the proxy object is created at the content management system using a content type registered with the content management system, wherein the proxy object is a proxy for content data of a network site, wherein the network site comprises a content delivery system for delivering the content data to client computers coupled thereto over a first network, wherein the content management system is coupled to the content delivery system over a second network, wherein the proxy object and the content data are located in separate tables, wherein the examining step further comprises inferring what reference relationships the proxy object has, wherein the inferred reference relationships comprise logical relationships to the content data that is referenced by or that references the proxy object; traversing the inferred reference relationships of the proxy object to determine an order of execution as a function of a predefined policy associated with an action, wherein the predefined policy includes rules for acting on the content data that is referenced by or that references the proxy object; and performing the action on the content data that is referenced by or that references the proxy object in accordance with the order of execution.