Patent ID: 7328233

Claim:
An active information model for an enterprise comprising: at least one personal information portal wherein the personal information portal indicates an individual within the enterprise and comprises: a storage mechanism configured to store a role and information including a definition of the role of the individual specifying a collection of assignments, activities and services associated with the individual and wherein the role indicates first relationships of the individual with sources of the information and with at least one function that the individual performs within the enterprise; and an active agent configured to retrieve the role from the storage mechanism, exchange the information with the storage mechanism and the sources of the information based on the role, and process the information based on the role to improve the active information model over time by: emerging technologies by providing the individual accessibilities to the sources of the information through one or more other active agents; and changing business needs by communicating events between application programs and moving the information between the sources according to a workflow; and incorporating knowledge of the role of the individual and the workflow within the enterprise by providing the individual the information according to the individual's preferences to reflect needs of the individual.