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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2007
Amanda Elizabeth Chessell, Alton, GB;
John William Sweitzer, Austin, TX (US);
Kamorudeen Larry Yusuf, Eastleigh, GB;
Amanda Elizabeth Chessell, Alton, GB;
John William Sweitzer, Austin, TX (US);
Kamorudeen Larry Yusuf, Eastleigh, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of configuring a software product comprises accessing a user model, the user model defining one or more user roles and one or more tasks, each task linked to a role, accessing a task to software function map, the map defining one or more software functions of the software product and one or more tasks, each software function linked to a task, and configuring the software product so that access to the software product according to a specific user role is via a user interface supporting the software functions linked to the specific role via the tasks.