Annotating contextual workspaces

• US 9,164,990 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2011
• Issued: 10/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sap Portals Israel Ltd (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: Sap Portals Israel Ltd (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Vainer, Vitaly, Sherman, Yahali, Khalatov, Dmitry, Alon, Ram, Bavly, Guy
• Primary Examiner(s): Singh, Amresh
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jacobs, Edward
• Application Number:
  US13/332,060
• Publication Number:
  US 20130159926A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,400 Days
• Field of Search: 707/722, 715/804
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24573 using data annotations, e.g. user-defined metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/30 Semantic analysis

Abstract

In some implementations, a method for providing user-based context to a virtual workspace includes generating a first virtual workspace viewable by a user on a graphical user interface. The virtual workspace comprises a plurality of workspace modules comprising first data aggregated from one or more data objects. The aggregated data is determined to be semantically proximate aggregated data in a second virtual workspace. User annotations assigned to the semantically-proximate aggregated data are identified. The user annotations are presented in the first virtual workplace viewable by the user.

Claims

1. A method performed with a computing system for providing user-based context to a virtual workspace, the method comprising:

generating a first virtual workspace viewable by a user on a graphical user interface, the virtual workspace enabling the user to access a plurality of separate workspace applications in a business enterprise using a computing system remote from the business enterprise;

receiving, by a workspace application from the plurality of workspace applications, a request to present first data aggregated from multiple data objects based on a measure and at least one of a filter or a dimension, the workspace application selects the data from the multiple data objects using the measure and calculates the first aggregated data based on data from the multiple data objects and the at least one of the filter or the dimension;

determining the first aggregated data overlaps aggregated data in a second virtual workspace based on comparing the measure and the at least one of the filter or the dimension used to generate the first aggregated data to a measure and at least one of a filter or a dimension used to generate the aggregated data in the second virtual workspace;

determining an amount of annotated data and an amount of non-annotated data in the first aggregated data;

determining a ratio of the amount of annotated data and the amount of non-annotated exceed a threshold;

in response to exceeding the threshold, identifying user annotations assigned to the overlapping aggregated data generated in the second virtual workspace; and

presenting the user annotations in the first virtual workspace viewable by the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user comprising a first user, the second virtual workspace is viewable by the second user, and the user annotations are generated by the second user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the aggregated data overlaps aggregated data in the second virtual workspace comprises:

identifying a first filter used to generate the first aggregated data;

identifying a second filter used to generate the overlapping aggregated data; and

determine the first filter defines a first range within a second range defined by the second filter.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the annotation comprises at least one of a text note, a document, a picture, or a voice note.

5. An apparatus comprising instructions embodied on a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media, the instructions operable when executed to cause a computing system to perform operations comprising:

generating a first virtual workspace viewable by a user on a graphical user interface, the virtual workspace enabling the user to access a plurality of separate workspace applications in a business enterprise using a computing system remote from the business enterprise;

receiving, by a workspace application from the plurality of workspace applications, a request to present first data aggregated from multiple data objects based on a measure and at least one of a filter or a dimension, the workspace application selects the data from the multiple data objects using the measure and calculates the first aggregated data based on data from the multiple data objects and the at least one of the filter or the dimension;

determining the first aggregated data overlaps aggregated data in a second virtual workspace based on comparing the measure and the at least one of the filter or the dimension used to generate the first aggregated data to a measure and at least one of a filter or a dimension used to generate the aggregated data in the second virtual workspace;

determining an amount of annotated data and an amount of non-annotated data in the first aggregated data;

determining a ratio of the amount of annotated data and the amount of non-annotated exceed a threshold;

in response to exceeding the threshold, identifying user annotations assigned to the overlapping aggregated data generated in the second virtual workspace; and

presenting the user annotations in the first virtual workspace viewable by the user.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the user comprising a first user, the second virtual workspace is viewable by the second user, and the user annotations are generated by the second user.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the operations comprising determining the aggregated data overlaps aggregated data in the second virtual workspace comprises the operations comprising:

identifying a first filter used to generate the first aggregated data;

identifying a second filter used to generate the overlapping aggregated data; and

determine the first filter defines a first range within a second range defined by the second filter.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the annotation comprises at least one of a text note, a document, a picture, or a voice note.

9. A computing system, comprising

one or more memory modules;

one or more processors;

a graphical user interface; and

a contextual services module stored on one or more of the memory modules, the contextual services module operable when executed with the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

generating a first virtual workspace viewable by a user on a graphical user interface, the virtual workspace enabling the user to access a plurality of separate workspace applications in a business enterprise using a computing system remote from the business enterprise;

receiving, by a workspace application from the plurality of workspace applications, a request to present first data aggregated from multiple data objects based on a measure and at least one of a filter or a dimension, the workspace application selects the data from the multiple data objects using the measure and calculates the first aggregated data based on data from the multiple data objects and the at least one of the filter or the dimension;

determining the first aggregated data overlaps aggregated data in a second virtual workspace based on comparing the measure and the at least one of the filter or the dimension used to generate the first aggregated data to a measure and at least one of a filter or a dimension used to generate the aggregated data in the second virtual workspace;

determining an amount of annotated data and an amount of non-annotated data in the first aggregated data;

determining a ratio of the amount of annotated data and the amount of non-annotated exceed a threshold;

in response to exceeding the threshold, identifying user annotations assigned to the overlapping aggregated data generated in the second virtual workspace; and

presenting the user annotations in the first virtual workspace viewable by the user.

10. The computing system of claim 9, wherein the user comprising a first user, the second virtual workspace is viewable by the second user, and the user annotations are generated by the second user.

11. The computing system of claim 9, wherein the operations comprising determining the aggregated data overlaps aggregated data in the second virtual workspace comprises the operations comprising:

identifying a first filter used to generate the first aggregated data;

identifying a second filter used to generate the overlapping aggregated data; and

determine the first filter defines a first range within a second range defined by the second filter.

12. The computing system of claim 9, wherein the annotation comprises at least one of a text note, a document, a picture, or a voice note.