Content filtering for personal productivity applications
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRajaraman Hariharan, Krishna C. Kumar, Srinivasan S. Muthuswamy
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Abstract
A set of context profiles containing profile content rules for filtering which content within a set of personal productivity applications (such as e-mail, chat, calendar, and contacts applications) is accessible by a user. Content rules support filtering content by, for example, content originator, and/or subject matter. The context profiles are centrally maintained for control of integrated, non-integrated, and/or independently administered personal productivity applications.
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1-6. (canceled)
A computer program product for filtering application content, the computer program product comprising software stored on a software storage device, the software comprising:
- first program instructions programmed to defining a plurality of context profiles by the use of profile content rules that each respectively control which content of personal productivity applications will be accessible under each context profile;
- second program instructions programmed to select a first context profile, from the plurality of context profiles and having a first set of profile content rules, to be operative;
- third program instructions programmed to apply the first set of content profile rules to control which content of a first personal productivity application is accessible;
- and
- fourth program instructions programmed to apply the first set of content profile rules to control which content of a second personal productivity application is accessible;
- wherein:
- the software is stored on a software storage device in a manner less transitory than a signal in transit.
A computer system for filtering application content, the computer system comprising:
- a processor(s) set;
- and
- a software storage device;
- wherein:
- the processor set is structured, located, connected and/or programmed to run software stored on the software storage device;
- and
- the software comprises:
- first program instructions programmed to defining a plurality of context profiles by the use of profile content rules that each respectively control which content of personal productivity applications will be accessible under each context profile;
- second program instructions programmed to select a first context profile, from the plurality of context profiles and having a first set of profile content rules, to be operative;
- third program instructions programmed to apply the first set of content profile rules to control which content of a first personal productivity application is accessible;
- and
- fourth program instructions programmed to apply the first set of content profile rules to control which content of a second personal productivity application is accessible.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.