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US 7,689,651 B2Granted
Enterprise system having a smart distance among artifacts, and apparatus and method for providing the smart distance among the artifacts
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsYiming Ye, Jen-Yao Chung, David Cohn, Fenno F. Heath, III, Jun-Jang Jeng, Santhosh Kumaran, Hui Lei, Prabir Nandi
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Abstract
An enterprise system includes a plurality of artifacts (e.g., persons, objects, databases, autonomous elements, intelligent agents, information systems, etc), and a smart distance (e.g., a distance which may optimize the performance of the enterprise system) between the plurality of artifacts.
Claims17
An enterprise system, comprising:
- a server which enables communication, awareness and interaction between a plurality of artifacts;
- and
- a calculator for calculating a smart distance between said plurality of artifacts according to a predetermined algorithm, said smart distance comprising an optimal degree of communication, awareness and interaction between said plurality of artifacts,
- wherein said plurality of artifacts comprise at least one of an enterprise user, a business entity agent and a business object.
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A method for providing a smart distance among artifacts of an enterprise system, comprising:
- in a server, enabling communication, awareness and interaction between a plurality of artifacts;
- and
- in a calculator, calculating a smart distance between said plurality of artifacts according to a predetermined algorithm, said smart distance comprising an optimal degree of communication, awareness and interaction between said plurality of artifacts,
- wherein said plurality of artifacts comprise at least one of enterprise users, business entity agents and business objects.
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A virtual enterprise system, comprising:
- a server which enables communication, awareness and interaction between a plurality of artifacts;
- and
- at least one processing device for determining a smart distance between said plurality of artifacts using contextual information and a smart distance preference, said smart distance being determined relative to other smart distances between artifacts in said enterprise system, said smart distance comprising an optimal degree of communication, awareness and interaction between said plurality of artifacts,
- wherein said plurality of artifacts comprise at least one of an enterprise user, a business entity agent and a business object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.