International Business Machines Corporation

Stephen V Stibler

Rakesh Mohan

Mitchell Adam Cohen

Jenny S Li

Chung-Sheng Li

Hui Lei

Maroun Touma

Fenno F Heath, Iii

Ram Rajagopal

Jakka Sairamesh

Josef Schiefer

Nitinchandra R Nayak

Mao Chen

Techniques are provided for ranking-based information processing. Method steps can include integrating information from at least one source (a plurality of heterogeneous sources can also be handled), to obtain integrated information; mapping the integrated information to at least one application; ranking the integrated information based on the mapping and on ranking criteria from a knowledge base; and processing the integrated information, based on the ranking, to obtain processed integrated information. Optionally, the processing step includes formatting the processed integrated information for a plurality of applications.

Method and apparatus for ranking-based information processing

The invention provides a system adapted to enable contextual collaboration within a computer network. The invention provides a collaboration manager that supports manipulation of collaboration spaces. The collaboration spaces contain one or more collaboration elements that have potentially different collaboration modalities. The context manager maintains resources and resource interrelationships within contexts. The resources can include collaboration elements, processes, tasks, business objects, users, and/or roles. A view generator selects a set of the resources to be displayed to a user of the computer network. The invention also includes an interface adapted to allow applications to specify commands to manipulate collaboration spaces, commands to maintain resources and resource interrelationships within contexts, and queries for context-sensitive views.

Method and system for providing a common collaboration framework accessible from within multiple applications

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Ossining, NY, United States of America

Stephen V Stibler