Enterprise context

• US 20080195945A1
• Filed: 06/21/2007
• Published: 08/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Vaughan, Misha, Marx, Beth, Yang, Phoebe, Mochel, Karl, Venkatacharya, Patanjali
• Application Number:
  US11/820,875
• Publication Number:
  US 20080195945A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/708
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

Systems, methods, media, and other embodiments associated with providing context relevant data and/or controls associated with an enterprise object processing application to a personal object processing application are described. One example system embodiment includes logic to receive an identifier of a selection associated with the personal object processing application, to receive a value associated with the selection, and to receive a metadata describing the selection, and/or the value. The example system embodiment also includes logic to provide a viewable region to display the context relevant data and/or controls for the personal object processing application. The context relevant action and the context relevant data are associated with an enterprise object processing application related to the selection.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a capture logic to receive one or more of, an identifier of a selection associated with a personal object processing application, a value associated with the selection, and a metadata describing one or more of, the selection, the value, and the personal object processing application; and

a region logic to provide a viewable region for the personal object processing application, the viewable region to display one or more of, a context relevant action associated with the selection, and a context relevant data associated with the selection, the context relevant action and the context relevant data being associated with an enterprise object processing application related to the selection.

2. The system of claim 1, the capture logic to create a context from one or more of, the identifier, the value, and the metadata.

3. The system of claim 2, the context to include one or more of, an identifier of a selection user, a user name associated with the selection user, a security credential associated with the selection user, a task associated with the selection user, a role associated with the selection user, a location of the selection user, an object associated with the value, an object associated with the selection, and an object associated with the selection user.

4. The system of claim 2, where the metadata includes one or more of, a link to a value, a link to a document, data describing a personal object associated with the selection, data describing a personal object processing application associated with the selection, data describing an enterprise object associated with the selection, data describing an enterprise object processing application associated with the selection, data describing a format associated with the value, data describing a freshness associated with the value, data describing a source associated with the value, data describing an access time associated with the value, data describing a recipient of the value, data describing a provider of the value, and data describing a document associated with the value.

5. The system of claim 3, the region logic to produce the context relevant action associated with the selection and the context relevant data associated with the selection based, at least in part, on the context.

6. The system of claim 5, the context relevant action being one of, a business analytic associated with the enterprise object, and a business task associated with an enterprise object associated with the enterprise object processing application related to the selection.

7. The system of claim 6, the context relevant data being data associated with the enterprise object.

8. The system of claim 1, the capture logic to maintain concurrency between the value in the personal object processing application and a corresponding value in an enterprise object processed by the enterprise object processing application.

9. The system of claim 1, the selection being one of, an object, a field, and a control.

10. The system of claim 1, the selection being one of, an object, a field, and a control,

the capture logic to create a context from one or more of, the identifier, the value, and the metadata, and to maintain concurrency between the value in the personal object processing application and a corresponding value in an enterprise object processed by the enterprise object processing application,

the context to include one or more of, an identifier of a selection user, a user name associated with the selection user, a security credential associated with the selection user, a task associated with the selection user, a role associated with the selection user, a location of the selection user, an object associated with the value, an object associated with the selection, and an object associated with the selection user,

the metadata to include data describing one or more of, a link to a value, a link to a business object, a link to a document, a personal object associated with the selection, a personal object processing application associated with the selection, an enterprise object associated with the selection, an enterprise object processing application associated with the selection, a format associated with the value, a freshness associated with the value, a source associated with the value, an access time associated with the value, a recipient of the value, a provider of the value, and a document associated with the value,

the region logic to produce the context relevant action associated with the selection and the context relevant data associated with the selection based, at least in part, on the context,

the context relevant action being one of, a business analytic associated with the enterprise object, and a business task associated with the enterprise object,

and

the context relevant data being data associated with the enterprise object.

11. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-executable instructions that if executed by a machine cause the machine to perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving a first set of data from a personal object processing logic, the first set of data including a selection identifier associated with the personal object processing logic;

receiving a second set of data from an enterprise object processing logic, the second set of data being determined, at least in part, by the selection identifier;

creating a context associated with the personal object processing logic, the context depending, at least in part, on data associated with a selection identified by the selection identifier; and

providing to the personal object processing logic a set of context relevant display elements, the context relevant display elements depending, at least in part, on the context, the context relevant display elements being related to one or more of, data and processes associated with the enterprise object processing logic.

12. The machine-readable medium of claim 11, the first set of data including one or more of, a personal object, a personal object identifier, a value available in the personal object, a personal metadata, and a personal object processing logic identifier.

13. The machine-readable medium of claim 12, the personal metadata including data describing one or more of, a format of the value, a freshness associated with the value, a freshness associated with the personal object, a source associated with the value, a source associated with the personal object, an access time associated with the value, an access time associated with the personal object, and a document associated with the value.

14. The machine-readable medium of claim 13, the second set of data including one or more of, an enterprise object, an enterprise object identifier, an enterprise metadata, and an enterprise object processing logic identifier.

15. The machine-readable medium of claim 14, the enterprise metadata including data identifying a set of actions available to process the enterprise object.

16. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, the selection identifier being one of, a globally unique identifier (GUID), and a uniform resource locator (URL).

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 16, the context including one or more of, a selection user identifier, a selection user security metadata, a selection user task, and a selection user role.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, the set of context relevant display objects including a context relevant data item related to a data item associated with the enterprise object.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, the set of context relevant display objects including a context relevant control item related to an action associated with the enterprise object.

20. A system, comprising:

means for receiving a first data concerning a selection in a personal object processing application;

means for receiving from an enterprise object processing application a second data related to the selection;

means for creating a context for the selection, the context being created from one or more of, elements of the first data, and elements of the second data; and

means for providing to the personal object processing application data and functionality associated with the enterprise object processing application, the data and functionality being determined by the context.