Context administrator

a context administrator and administrator technology, applied in the field of context administrators, can solve the problems of no other known, no comprehensive context management software packages available, no context manager handling both user and patient context, and no other known

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-04-06
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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At this time, there are no other known, comprehensive context management software packages available.
However, no context manager handling both user and patient context is known, much less a complete system with central administration of the context management process.

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[0029] The invention will be better understood upon reading the following description of an embodiment of our invention in connection with the drawings. This embodiment is described in connection with the administration of a software system, software components and software architecture for performing context management to synchronize a plurality of application programs to a single context. A block diagram of the embodiment is given in FIG. 1. The illustrated embodiment complies with the HL7 CCOW CM-1.1 standard. Thus, this embodiment can perform context management in a health care environment including CM-1.1 compliant clinical applications. Other standards for context management protocols and interfaces may exist, particularly outside of health care, for which the present invention is applicable. Regardless of the existence of such standards, while the present invention is described in connection with an application of the principles thereof to the health care industry, the invent...

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Abstract

A context management and administration system includes a context manager, which manages the context of plural applications programs, and an administration suite, which oversees and manages the manager. Context administration can include setting up and maintaining subject data definitions, intervening in context manager operations, providing security functions to protect sensitive context information against tampering by unauthorized users, etc.

Description

RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09 / 545,396, filed Apr. 7, 2000, entitled “CONTEXT ADMINISTRATOR,” now pending. This application claims domestic priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Applications having Ser. No. 60 / 128,145, filed Apr. 7, 1999, Ser. No. 60 / 135,907, filed May 25, 1999, Ser. No. 60 / 136,670, filed May 28, 1999, Ser. No. 60 / 139,235, filed Jun. 14, 1999, Ser. No. 60 / 139,145, filed Jun. 14, 1999, Ser. No. 60 / 146,722, filed Aug. 2, 1999, and Ser. No. 60 / 145,681, filed Jul. 26, 1999, all of which are incorporated by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to tools for managing and administering the management of context in software applications. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] There are many businesses or fields of endeavor, which rely on the use of plural desktop computer applications. One such field is the modern practice of medicine. In such a setting, users quite often ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F15/16
CPCG06F19/321G06F21/6245G06F2221/2115G06Q40/08G06Q50/24G16H10/20
Inventor SELIGER, ROBERTSELIGER, ELAINEFUSARI, DAVID
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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