APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING APPLICATIONS INTO A COMPUTERIZED ENVIRONMENT

• US 20100325122A1
• Filed: 06/17/2009
• Published: 12/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sap Portals Israel Ltd (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: Sap Portals Israel Ltd (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Yassin, Ohad
• Granted Patent: US 8,533,213 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/759
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment

Abstract

A method and apparatus for automatically suggesting further applications to a user using an executed application in a computerized environment, comprising receiving metadata provided by the executed application; searching an index for suggested applications which receive as input the data provided by the executed application; assigning a priority for each of the suggested applications: sorting the suggested applications according to the priority; and displaying to the user a list comprising the applications that received the highest priorities.

Claims

1. A method for automatically suggesting at least one application to a user using an executed application in a computerized environment, comprising:

receiving data provided by the executed application;

searching an index for at least one suggested application which receives metadata provided by the executed application; and

displaying to the user the at least one suggested application, using the data provided by the executed application.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving metadata provided by the executed application.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising filtering the at least one suggested application according to at least one permission of the user.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising converting data provided by the executed application to data received by the at least one suggested application.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising activating the at least one suggested application with data provided by the executed application.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the environment is a portal.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein the data provided by the executed application is user data or application data.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

indicating the metadata provided by the executed application;

indicating the metadata received by the at least one suggested application; and

registering the executed application and the at least one suggested application with the index.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising providing a conversion from the data provided by the executed application to data received by the at least one suggested application.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

assigning a priority for each of the at least one suggested applications; and

sorting the at least one suggested application according to the priority,

wherein the at least one suggested application is displayed to the user sorted in descending priority order.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising converting the data provided by the executed application to data received by the at least one suggested application, having highest priority assigned.

12. An apparatus for automatically suggesting further applications to a user of an executed application in a computerized environment, comprising:

a detection panel for communicating with the executed application;

an application matching service for selecting at least one suggested application by matching metadata provided by the executed application with metadata received by the at least one suggested application;

a provided data extraction component for extracting data provided by the executed application; and

a user interface component for displaying to the user on a display device a list comprising the at least one suggested application, using the data provided by the executed application.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising a filtering component for filtering at least one suggested applications in accordance with user privileges.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising a parameter conversion component for converting data provided by the executed application to data received by the at least one suggested application.

15. The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising an activation component for activating the at least one suggested application with the data provided by the executed application.

16. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the environment is a portal.

17. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the data provided by the executed application is user data or application data.

18. The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising an index comprising information required for associating the executed application with each of the suggested applications.

19. The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising a content repository for storing data related to the executed application, data related to the at least one suggested applications, or a conversion between data provided by the executed application and data received by the at least one suggested application.

20. The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising an index registration component for registering the executed application and the at least one suggested application with the index.

21. The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising:

a weight determination component for associating a priority with each of the at least one suggested application; and

a sorting component for sorting the at least one suggested applications,

wherein the at least one suggested application is displayed to the user sorted in descending priority order.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 further comprising a parameter conversion component for converting data provided by the executed application to data received by the at least one suggested application, having highest priority assigned.

23. A method for automatically suggesting further applications to a user using an executed application in a computerized environment, a suggested computerized application, comprising:

receiving data provided by the executed application;

searching an index for at least one suggested application which receives metadata provided by the executed application;

filtering the at least one suggested application according to at least one permission of the user;

assigning a priority for each of the at least one suggested application;

sorting the at least one suggested application according to the priority;

converting the data provided by the executed application to data received by the at least one suggested application;

displaying to the user a list comprising the at least one suggested application, having highest priority, using the data provided by the executed application; and

activating the at least one suggested application with the data provided by the executed application.

24. A tangible computer readable store medium containing a set of instructions for a general purpose computer, the set of instructions comprising:

receiving data provided by the executed application;

searching an index for at least one suggested application which receives metadata provided by the executed application;

displaying to the user a list comprising the at least one suggested application, using the data provided by the executed application.