Methods and apparatus for contextual awareness in a groupware client

US7890964B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Iryna Vogler-Ivashchanka · Los Altos, US
• Nir Kol · Sunnyvale, US
• Dennis Moore · Burlingame, US
• Narayan Madhavan Nayar · Redwood City, US
• Eric Wood · Menlo Park, US
• Frederic Samson · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 20, 2006
• Grant date: Feb 15, 2011
• Expiry date: Dec 6, 2028

Classification

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

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses provide contextual awareness to a groupware client with respect to an enterprise backend system. The groupware client generates a query or request for data within a context of the groupware client. A backend determines the context, which may include processing an indication of the context received with the query. Data is selectively chosen based on the context, and the selected data is provided to the groupware client to fulfill the request. In one embodiment, the backend determines a permission associated with the context.