Patent ID: 8099296

Claim:
A rules-based context management system, the system comprising: a computer processor; and a memory storing a set of instructions for execution by the processor to provide: a plurality of information sources, wherein each of the plurality of information sources includes information; a rules engine to include at least one rule governing availability and presentation of information; a context manager to obtain information from the plurality of information sources based on a query and to filter the information based on the at least one rule, wherein the context manager and the rules engine are to customize presentation of the information to a user from the plurality of information sources within a single patient context based on the at least one rule from the rules engine; a plurality of perspectives, each perspective saving a relation with at least one of the plurality of information sources, each perspective saving workflow steps, component positioning information, and interaction for a user, each perspective saving visual component positioning information and interaction based on the workflow steps; and a medical perspectives manager for associating at least one information source with a perspective, wherein the medical perspectives manager allows the user to access the at least one associated information source using the perspective, at least one of the plurality of information sources, the rules engine, the context manager, and the medical perspectives manager implemented using the processor and the set of instructions stored on the memory.