Contextual management system

Abstract

An automated system ( 100 ) and method for context based management of an organization. After extracting data describing the organization from existing narrowly focused systems, mission measures and organization levels are defined for one or more organizations and the data are transformed into an ontology. The ontology is then used to support the exchange of data with one or more other organizations by a series of applications that are used for reviewing, analyzing, forecasting, planning and optimizing performance for all or part of an organization.

1 . A computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium and comprising program code for directing at least one computer to complete processing in accordance with context management process, comprising:
 transforming data from a plurality of narrow systems into an ontology for an entity,   
       and
 using one or more applications that use said ontology to support the exchange of data with one or more other organizations where said applications output results and manage one or more aspects of an entity performance
 where an entity is selected from the group consisting of team, group, department, division, company, organization, multi-entity organization and combinations thereof. 
 
 
     
     
         2 . The computer program product of  claim 1 , wherein one or more applications are selected from the group consisting of analysis, forecast, optimization, planning, project management, review, transaction processing and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The computer program product of  claim 1 , wherein a plurality of narrow systems are selected from the group consisting of accounting systems, alliance management systems, asset management systems, brand management systems, budgeting/financial planning systems, business intelligence systems, call management systems, cash management systems, channel management systems, commodity risk management systems, content management systems, contract management systems, credit-risk management system, customer relationship management systems, data integration systems, demand chain systems, decision support systems, document management systems, email management systems, employee relationship management systems, energy risk management systems, executive dashboard systems, expense report processing systems, fleet management systems, fraud management systems, freight management systems, human capital management systems, human resource management systems, incentive management systems, innovation management systems, insurance management systems, intellectual property management systems, intelligent storage systems, interest rate risk management systems, investor relationship management systems, knowledge management systems, learning management systems, location management systems, maintenance management systems, material requirement planning systems, metrics creation system, online analytical processing systems, ontology management systems, partner relationship management systems, payroll systems, performance management systems, price optimization systems, private exchanges, process management systems, product life-cycle management systems, project management systems, project portfolio management systems, revenue management systems, risk management information system, risk simulation systems, sales force automation systems, scorecard systems, sensor grid systems, service management systems, six-sigma quality management systems, strategic planning systems, supply chain systems, supplier relationship management systems, support chain systems, taxonomy development systems, technology chain systems, unstructured data management systems, visitor (web site) relationship management systems, weather risk management systems, workforce management systems, yield management systems and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         4 . The computer program product of  claim 1  that further comprise a plurality of intelligent agents. 
     
     
         5 . The computer program product of  claim 1 , wherein an ontology comprises an rdf based ontology. 
     
     
         6 . The computer program product of  claim 1 , wherein an ontology supports the exchange of data with a semantic web. 
     
     
         7 . The computer program product of  claim 1 , wherein one or more aspects of entity performance comprise maximization of a non financial performance measure or maximization of a financial measure where any combination of one or more financial measures for all or part of said entity comprise a single measure. 
     
     
         8 . A system for contextual management, comprising: a computer with a processor having circuitry to execute instructions; a storage device available to said processor with sequences of instructions stored therein, which when executed cause the processor to:
 transform data from a plurality of narrow systems into an ontology for an entity,   
       and
 use one or more applications that use said ontology to support the exchange of data with one or more other organizations where said applications manage one or more aspects of an entity performance
 where an entity is selected from the group consisting of team, group, department, division, company, organization, multi-entity organization and combinations thereof. 
 
 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein one or more applications are selected from the group consisting of analysis, forecast, optimization, planning, project management, review, transaction processing and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein a plurality of narrow systems are selected from the group consisting of accounting systems, alliance management systems, asset management systems, brand management systems, budgeting/financial planning systems, business intelligence systems, call management systems, cash management systems, channel management systems, commodity risk management systems, content management systems, contract management systems, credit-risk management system, customer relationship management systems, data integration systems, demand chain systems, decision support systems, document management systems, email management systems, employee relationship management systems, energy risk management systems, executive dashboard systems, expense report processing systems, fleet management systems, fraud management systems, freight management systems, human capital management systems, human resource management systems, incentive management systems, innovation management systems, insurance management systems, intellectual property management systems, intelligent storage systems, interest rate risk management systems, investor relationship management systems, knowledge management systems, learning management systems, location management systems, maintenance management systems, material requirement planning systems, metrics creation system, online analytical processing systems, ontology management systems, partner relationship management systems, payroll systems, performance management systems, price optimization systems, private exchanges, process management systems, product life-cycle management systems, project management systems, project portfolio management systems, revenue management systems, risk management information system, risk simulation systems, sales force automation systems, scorecard systems, sensor grid systems, service management systems, six-sigma quality management systems, strategic planning systems, supply chain systems, supplier relationship management systems, support chain systems, taxonomy development systems, technology chain systems, unstructured data management systems, visitor (web site) relationship management systems, weather risk management systems, workforce management systems, yield management systems and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 8  that further comprises a plurality of computers connected by a network. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein an ontology comprises an rdf based ontology. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein an ontology supports the exchange of data with a semantic web. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein one or more aspects of entity performance comprise maximization of a non financial performance measure or maximization of a financial measure where any combination of one or more financial measures for all or part of said entity comprise a single measure. 
     
     
         15 . A context management process, comprising:
 transforming data from a plurality of narrow systems into an ontology for an entity,   
       and
 using one or more applications that use said use said ontology to support the exchange of data with one or more other organizations where said applications output results and manage one or more aspects of an entity performance
 where an entity is selected from the group consisting of team, group, department, division, company, organization, multi-entity organization and combinations thereof. 
 
 
     
     
         16 . The process of  claim 15 , wherein one or more applications are selected from the group consisting of analysis, forecast, optimization, planning, project management, review, transaction processing and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         17 . The process of  claim 15 , wherein a plurality of narrow systems are selected from the group consisting of accounting systems, alliance management systems, asset management systems, brand management systems, budgeting/financial planning systems, business intelligence systems, call management systems, cash management systems, channel management systems, commodity risk management systems, content management systems, contract management systems, credit-risk management system, customer relationship management systems, data integration systems, demand chain systems, decision support systems, document management systems, email management systems, employee relationship management systems, energy risk management systems, executive dashboard systems, expense report processing systems, fleet management systems, fraud management systems, freight management systems, human capital management systems, human resource management systems, incentive management systems, innovation management systems, insurance management systems, intellectual property management systems, intelligent storage systems, interest rate risk management systems, investor relationship management systems, knowledge management systems, learning management systems, location management systems, maintenance management systems, material requirement planning systems, metrics creation system, online analytical processing systems, ontology management systems, partner relationship management systems, payroll systems, performance management systems, price optimization systems, private exchanges, process management systems, product life-cycle management systems, project management systems, project portfolio management systems, revenue management systems, risk management information system, risk simulation systems, sales force automation systems, scorecard systems, sensor grid systems, service management systems, six-sigma quality management systems, strategic planning systems, supply chain systems, supplier relationship management systems, support chain systems, taxonomy development systems, technology chain systems, unstructured data management systems, visitor (web site) relationship management systems, weather risk management systems, workforce management systems, yield management systems and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         18 . The process of  claim 15 , wherein an ontology comprises an rdf based ontology. 
     
     
         19 . The process of  claim 15 , wherein an ontology supports the exchange of data with a semantic web. 
     
     
         20 . The process of  claim 15 , wherein one or more aspects of entity performance comprise maximization of a non financial performance measure or maximization of a financial measure where any combination of one or more financial measures for all or part of said entity comprise a single measure.