US Patent:
20050055337, Mar 10, 2005
Inventors:
Michael Bebo - Troy OH, US
Merle Carr - Kettering OH, US
Melissa Schneider - Dayton OH, US
Linda Domi - Kettering OH, US
Rebecca Sroufe - Germantown OH, US
International Classification:
G06F017/30
Abstract:
A software module referred to as a content manager is provided for loading and maintaining a variety of data and associated metadata in a computer database. The data may be loaded in the form of individual documents that support business preparation or sales presentations where only one copy of each document is stored in the database. The metadata may be loaded in the form of attributes of the documents. A table of users may also be loaded in the database including a geographic or business division for each user. A role is assigned to the user, thereby granting access privileges to certain views of the database. An online user interface software module is also provided for remote access to the documents. Searches may be conducted by a variety of attributes. Documents may be associated into visual presentations or multiple presentations merged into one presentation. Three types of presentations private, shared, and global are supported. The user may also print, view, or download, email, post to website, or fax the documents and presentations.
