Subjective user interface

• US 9,058,589 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2011
• Issued: 06/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Armitage, John P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kumar, Anil N
• Application Number:
  US13/273,078
• Publication Number:
  US 20130097528A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,342 Days
• Field of Search: 715/753, 715/734, 715738-739, 715/747, 715/751, 715/759, 715/810
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management

Abstract

Disclosed is a subjective user interface that allows a user to define a worknet from a set of data objects of a business enterprise. The user may instantiate channels which are subsets of the worknet. In embodiments, predefined channels may be created and then installed in the user'"'"'s subjective user interface, which the user may choose as a new channel. Activity spaces may be defined within a channel comprising members of the channel. The data objects that comprise a worknet, or a channel, or an activity space may comprise people as well as non-person (inanimate) entities.

Claims

1. A method for networking among data objects of a business enterprise comprising operating a computer system to perform steps of:

receiving, at a computing device, input from a worknet creator to define an initial worknet including receiving input indicative of a plurality of data objects of a business enterprise as members of the initial worknet, including data objects representative of persons in the business enterprise and at least one data object representative of a first worknet subset;

receiving input from the worknet creator that identifies one or more members of the initial worknet to create a second worknet subset (“

worknet subset”

), including the computing device;

instantiating the worknet subset;

updating the initial worknet by adding the worknet subset as a data object in the initial worknet;

displaying a representation of the updated initial worknet including displaying a representation of the worknet subset along with a representation of the members of the initial worknet;

displaying a representation of the worknet subset in worknets of other users who are members of the worknet subset; and

sending a notification to the members of the worknet subset,

wherein the worknet subset becomes a data object of the business enterprise and is included in a global view of the data objects of the business enterprise;

displaying a first feed viewer associated with the members of the worknet, the first feed viewer presenting communications to and from the members of the worknet;

displaying a second feed viewer, separate from the first feed viewer, associated with members of the worknet subset, the second feed viewer presenting communications to and from the members of the worknet subset; and

defining an activity space, separate from the first feed viewer and the second feed viewer, that is associated with the worknet subset, the activity space comprising a subset of the members of the worknet subset as members of the activity space, and one or more collaboration tools to facilitate activities among the members of the activity space.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein instantiating a worknet subset includes selecting the worknet subset from among a plurality of predefined channel definitions, wherein each predefined channel definition identifies a subset of members of the worknet to include as the members of the worknet subset.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein instantiating a worknet subset includes applying one or more filtering operations to identify a resulting subset of members of the worknet, wherein the resulting subset of members of the worknet are included as the members of the worknet subset.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the notification is automatically generated and sent to the members of the worknet subset.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein sending a notification includes receiving input from the worknet creator and incorporating the received input in the notification.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein sending a notification includes receiving input from the worknet creator to omit sending the notification to one or more members of the worknet subset.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the computer system is a mobile device.

8. A programmed computer system configured to provide networking among data objects of a business enterprise, the programmed computer system comprising:

a processing component;

a display component;

a memory component having stored thereon computer executable program code,

wherein when the processing component executes the computer executable program code, the processing component;

receives input from a worknet creator to define an initial worknet the input indicative of a plurality of data objects of a business enterprise as members of the initial worknet, including data objects representative of persons in the business enterprise and at least one data object representative of a first worknet subset;

receives input from the worknet creator that identifies one or more members of the initial worknet to create a second worknet subset (“

worknet subset”

), including the processing component;

instantiating the worknet subset;

updating the initial worknet by adding the worknet subset as a data object in the initial worknet;

displaying a representation of the updated initial worknet including displaying a representation of the worknet subset along with a representation of the members of the initial worknet;

displaying a representation of the worknet subset in worknets of other users who are members of the worknet subset; and

sending a notification to the members of the worknet subset,

wherein the worknet subset becomes a data object of the business enterprise and is included in a global view of the data objects of the business enterprise;

displays on the display component a first feed viewer associated with the members of the worknet, the first feed viewer presenting communications to and from the members of the worknet;

displays on the display component a second feed viewer, separate from the first feed viewer, associated with members of the worknet subset, the second feed viewer presenting communications to and from the members of the worknet subset; and

receives input from the worknet creator to define an activity space, separate from the first feed viewer and the second feed viewer, that is associated with the worknet subset, the activity space comprising a subset of the members of the worknet subset as members of the activity space, and the activity space comprising one or more collaboration tools to facilitate activities among the members of the activity space.

9. The computer system of claim 8 wherein the processing component instantiates a worknet subset by receiving from the worknet creator a selection of one of a plurality of predefined channel definitions, wherein each predefined channel definition identifies a subset of members of the worknet to include as the members of the worknet subset.

10. The computer system of claim 8 the processing component instantiates a worknet subset by receiving input from the worknet creator one or more filtering operations to identify a resulting subset of members of the worknet, wherein the resulting subset of members of the worknet are included as the members of the worknet subset.

11. The computer system of claim 8 wherein sending a notification includes receiving input from the worknet creator to omit sending the notification to one or more members of the worknet subset.

12. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable program code, the computer executable program code configured to cause a computer system to perform steps of:

receiving, at a computing device, input from a worknet creator to define an initial worknet including receiving input indicative of a plurality of data objects of a business enterprise as members of the initial worknet, including data objects representative of persons in the business enterprise and at least one data object representative of a first worknet subset;

receiving input from the worknet creator that identifies one or more members of the initial worknet to create a second worknet subset (“

worknet subset”

), including the computer system;

instantiating the worknet subset;

updating the initial worknet by adding the worknet subset as a data object in the initial worknet;

displaying a representation of the updated initial worknet including displaying a representation of the worknet subset along with a representation of the members of the initial worknet;

displaying a representation of the worknet subset in worknets of other users who are members of the worknet subset; and

sending a notification to the members of the worknet subset,

wherein the worknet subset becomes a data object of the business enterprise and is included in a global view of the data objects of the business enterprise;

displaying a first feed viewer associated with the members of the worknet, the first feed viewer presenting communications to and from the members of the worknet;

displaying a second feed viewer, separate from the first feed viewer, associated with members of the worknet subset, the second feed viewer presenting communications to and from the members of the worknet subset; and

defining an activity space, separate from the first feed viewer and the second feed viewer, that is associated with the worknet subset, a subset of the members of the worknet subset as members of the activity space, and one or more collaboration tools to facilitate activities among the members of the activity space.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein instantiating a worknet subset includes selecting the worknet subset from among a plurality of predefined channel definitions, wherein each predefined channel definition identifies a subset of members of the worknet to include as the members of the worknet subset.

14. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein instantiating a worknet subset includes applying one or more filtering operations to identify a resulting subset of members of the worknet, wherein the resulting subset of members of the worknet are included as the members of the worknet subset.

15. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein sending a notification to the members of the worknet subset includes receiving input from the worknet creator to omit sending the notification to one or more members of the worknet subset.