Controls in collaborative workflow environment

US8751282B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventor

• Andreas Schaad · Bruchsal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 27, 2006
• Grant date: Jun 10, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 18, 2033

Classification

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

Abstract

A method to implement controls with respect to a collaborative workflow, the method including mapping a private task of a private workflow of a first entity to a public task of a public collaborative workflow, and defining a public control relating to the public task, the public task and the public control to be published to a second entity with which the first entity collaborates utilizing the public collaborative workflow.