Business presence system and method

US7836126B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Christoph Thommes · Schriesheim, DE
• Corneliu D. Mitu · St. Leon-Rot, DE
• Stefan Mueller · Sinsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 4, 2004
• Grant date: Nov 16, 2010
• Expiry date: Aug 13, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing collaboration with one or more persons are disclosed. Presence information from the one or more persons are published to a server. One or more presence sources for each person are formed based on the present state of one or more communication channels. The presence information represents a present state of the one or more communication channels associated with each person. Selected ones of the one or more presence sources are integrated by an integrator to form a presence provider for at least one person. Presence provider data associated with the selected ones of the one or more presence sources is received at a user interface from the server.