System and method for using social networks to facilitate business processes
US7877266B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 28, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q50/01
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides methods and systems for facilitating business processes in an enterprise application. The method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises obtaining information regarding one or more entities and analyzing the information regarding the one or more entities to determine one or more paths between the one or more entities and one or more members of an enterprise. Information regarding the one or more entities is distributed to the one or more members of the enterprise where one or more paths exist between the one or more members of the enterprise and the one or more entities.
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