Context administrator

Patent 6993556 Issued on January 31, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 7, 2020. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Sentillion, Inc.

Application

No. 09545396 filed on 04/07/2000

US Classes:

709/203, Client/server709/217, REMOTE DATA ACCESSING709/219, Accessing a remote server718/107, Multitasking, time sharing718/108, Context switching705/3, Patient record management705/4, Insurance (e.g., computer implemented system or method for writing insurance policy, processing insurance claim, etc.)707/200, FILE OR DATABASE MAINTENANCE705/7, Operations research709/229, Network resources access controlling709/220, NETWORK COMPUTER CONFIGURING713/100, RECONFIGURATION (E.G., CHANGING SYSTEM SETTING)705/2, Health care management (e.g., record management, ICDA billing)719/328APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE (API)

Examiners

Primary: Etienne, Ario
Assistant: Jacobs, LaShonda

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Foreign Patent References

0 803 808 EP 10/01/1997

International Class

G06F 15/16

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.

Other References

Context Management (“CCOW”) Specification Subject Data Definitions, Version CM-1.1, Nov. 6, 1999, pps. 1-28.
Context Management (“CCOW”) Specification User Interface: Microsoft Windows, Version CM-1.1, Nov. 6, 1999, pps. 1-18.
Context Management CCOW Specification Component Technology Mapping: Active X, Version CM-1.1, Nov. 6, 1999, pps. 1-48.
Context Management (CCOW) Specification Technology- and Subject -Independent Component, Architecture Version CM-1.1, Nov. 6, 1999, pps. 1-228.
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