Method and Apparatus for Implementing an Active Information Model

Abstract

An active information model constructed from an aggregation of personal information portals containing an active agent. In a preferred embodiment, the system of this invention can be offered as a network service providing for information access and exchange according to the individual users' preferences.

1 . An active information model comprising:
 (a) at least one personal information portal having access to an active engine, an information service, and a persistent storage service,   (b) said active engine associated with a datasource, a workflow, and a relation; said active agent being related to an individual's role within at least one enterprise,   (c) said relation associated with a rule and an association,   (d) said workflow associated with a command and an action, (e) said datasource associated with a category.