US 2010/0250342 A1 · Approaches for Enforcing Best Practices and Policies Through Computerized Processes

Abstract

Approaches for employing computerized processes to conform the behavior of users to a set of best practices and policies is provided. In an approach, a tool for use in performing a desired task may be identified. A plurality of characteristic values is stored, on a machine-readable medium, for each of a plurality of tools. Each of the plurality of characteristic values identifies a number that reflects how much the tool associated with the characteristic value supports a particular characteristic. A score for each of the plurality of tools is computed. The score for each tool is the sum of the characteristic values that are associated with each tool. Thereafter, display data that describes how to render a pictorial representation, which uses the scores in depicting a relative measure of how appropriate each of the plurality of tools is for the desired task, may be transmitted to a client.

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Dependent claims

A machine-implemented method for processing digital data, wherein said digital data is used to identify a particular tool for use in performing a particular task, comprising:

storing, on a machine-readable medium, for each of a plurality of tools, a plurality of characteristic values, wherein each of the plurality of characteristic values identifies a number that reflects how much the tool associated with the characteristic value supports a particular characteristic of a plurality of characteristics;
computing a score for each of said plurality of tools, wherein the score for each of said plurality of tools is the sum of the characteristic values, of said plurality of characteristic values, which are associated with each tool;
and
transmitting, to a client having a user interface, display data that describes how to render, on said user interface, a pictorial representation of the scores associated with each of said plurality of tools, wherein the pictorial representation depicts a relative measure of how appropriate each of said plurality of tools is for said particular task.

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A machine-readable storage medium storing one or more sequences of instructions for processing digital data used to identify a particular tool for use in performing a particular task, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions causes:

storing, on a machine-readable medium, for each of a plurality of tools, a plurality of characteristic values, wherein each of the plurality of characteristic values identifies a number that reflects how much the tool associated with the characteristic value supports a particular characteristic of a plurality of characteristics;
computing a score for each of said plurality of tools, wherein the score for each of said plurality of tools is the sum of the characteristic values, of said plurality of characteristic values, which are associated with each tool;
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transmitting, to a client having a user interface, display data that describes how to render, on said user interface, a pictorial representation of the scores associated with each of said plurality of tools, wherein the pictorial representation depicts a relative measure of how appropriate each of said plurality of tools is for said particular task.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Approaches for Enforcing Best Practices and Policies Through Computerized Processes

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Approaches for Enforcing Best Practices and Policies Through Computerized Processes

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Abstract

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