Method and system for secured execution of an activity in a workflow process

US7805325B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Maarten Rits · Nice, FR
• Yevgen Reznichenko · Hamburg, DE
• Pascal Spadone · Antibes, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 17, 2006
• Grant date: Sep 28, 2010
• Expiry date: Jan 2, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06316
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system to execute an activity in a workflow process. The method includes receiving a notification to execute the activity. The notification contains private information and public information relating to the activity. The method further includes removing the private information from the notification, providing the notification that contains the public information to users being affected by the activity, receiving a request to execute the activity from one or more of the users, and providing the private information to the users after verifying the request.