Collaboration launchpad

US7360164B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Christian Bjoernsen · Redwood City, US
• Stefan Mueller · Sinsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 3, 2003
• Grant date: Apr 15, 2008
• Expiry date: Dec 18, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Integrating collaboration products or processes includes displaying a plurality of contacts in a collaboration display area, receiving a selection of one or more contacts from the plurality of contacts, displaying a plurality of collaboration service selections from a plurality of collaboration service providers in the collaboration display area, receiving a first collaboration request relating to one of the collaboration service selections provided by a first collaboration service provider, displaying a first collaboration session from the first collaboration service provider, and associating the the one or more selected contacts with the first collaboration session. A selection of business objects may also be received, and may be made available from the collaboration session.