Syndicating enterprise application system data

• US 10,255,562 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2008
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Millmore, Martin, Arora, Dinesh, Rossi, Michael, Green, Aaron, Brimble, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Huynh, Thu V
• Application Number:
  US12/129,054
• Publication Number:
  US 20090300098A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,967 Days
• Field of Search: 715205, 715208, 715234, 715200, 715201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided that syndicate enterprise application system (EAS) data. A method includes creating a feed for an EAS module, generating a news item for the feed, and publishing the news item on the feed. Accordingly, employees in an organization are able to easily become aware of information about their organization by tightly coupling a syndication system to human resources management. The sharing of information throughout the organization creates a more inclusive and cohesive working environment. In one embodiment, the EAS data is enterprise resource planning (ERP) data.

Claims

1. A method for syndicating enterprise application system (EAS) data implemented by a syndication module stored in a memory and executed by a processor, the method comprising:

receiving, from an administrator computer, a configuration command to abstain from publishing confidential EAS data for a first EAS module, the first EAS module is part of an EAS system of an organization, wherein the EAS system comprises a plurality of EAS modules and EAS data for the plurality of EAS modules is stored in a central database for the EAS system;

creating a feed for the first EAS module;

receiving, from a computer of a first employee of the organization, a subscription request for the feed filtered according to a filter, wherein the filter comprises data from the first EAS module about a second employee of the organization;

collecting EAS data automatically sent from the first EAS module, the EAS data comprising confidential and non-confidential data from the first EAS module about the second employee, wherein the EAS data is stored in the central database;

automatically generating a news item about the second employee that includes only non-confidential EAS data collected from the first EAS module based on the configuration command to abstain from publishing confidential EAS data, wherein confidential data about the second employee of the organization is not included in the automatically generated news items; and

publishing the news item about the second employee on the feed for the first EAS module, for access by the first employee according to the filter, by providing a link to the news item to the computer of the first employee, the news item including content, metadata having a first field for a title for the news item and a second field for content of the news item.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein publishing includes syndicating using Really Simple Syndication (RSS).

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first EAS module is a human resources module.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein generating news item for the feed includes collecting data from the human resources module.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein creating the feed for an EAS module includes creating a feed for one of a position management module, a performance review module, an applicant tracking module, a payroll module, a training module, a time and attendance module, and a benefits module.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the news item for the feed includes collecting data from one of a position management module, a performance review module, an applicant tracking module, a payroll module, a training module, a time and attendance module, and a benefits module.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the EAS data is enterprise resource planning (ERP) data and the EAS module is an ERP module.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the link comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) that includes an identifier of the first EAS module.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the URL comprises an hypertext transfer control (HTTP) web address to an organizational intranet website.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-confidential data included in the automatically generated news item comprises news about one or more of the second employee being promoted, the second employee completing a training course, or the second employee receiving a positive performance review.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the feed for the first EAS module provides access to a subset of data about employees of the organization stored in the central database, wherein the subset of data does not include confidential data about the employees of the organization.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to syndicate enterprise application system (EAS) data, the syndicating comprising:

receiving, from an administrator computer, a configuration command to abstain from publishing confidential EAS data for a first EAS module, the first EAS module is part of an EAS system of an organization, wherein the EAS system comprises a plurality of EAS modules and EAS data for the plurality of EAS modules is stored in a central database for the EAS system;

creating a feed for the first EAS module;

receiving, from a computer of a first employee of the organization, a subscription request for the feed filtered according to a filter, wherein the filter comprises data from the first EAS module about a second employee of the organization;

collecting EAS data automatically sent from the first EAS module, the EAS data comprising confidential and non-confidential data from the first EAS module about the second employee, wherein the EAS data is stored in the central database;

automatically generating a news item about the second employee that includes only non-confidential EAS data collected from the first EAS module based on the configuration command to abstain from publishing confidential EAS data, wherein confidential data about the second employee of the organization is not included in the automatically generated news items; and

publishing the news item about the second employee on the feed for the first EAS module, for access by the first employee according to the filter, by providing a link to the news item to the computer of the first employee, the news item including content, metadata having a first field for a title for the news item and a second field for the content of the news item.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the first EAS module is a human resources module.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein generating the news item for the feed includes collecting data from the human resources module.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the EAS data is enterprise resource planning (ERP) data and the EAS module is an ERP module.

16. A system for syndicating human resource data, comprising:

an administrator computer;

a plurality of EAS modules that are part of an EAS system for an organization;

a central database;

a computer of a first employee of an organization; and

a server, including a processor for executing instructions and a memory for storing software modules executable by the processor, the processor being configured to;

receive, from the administrator computer, a configuration command to abstain from publishing confidential EAS data for a first EAS module from among the plurality of EAS modules, wherein EAS data for the plurality of EAS modules is stored in a central database for the EAS system,

create a feed for the first EAS module,

receive, from the computer of the first employee, a subscription request for the feed filtered according to a filter, wherein the filter comprises data from the first EAS module about a second employee of the organization,

collect EAS data automatically sent from the first EAS module, the EAS data comprising confidential and non-confidential data from the first EAS module about the second employee, wherein the EAS data is stored in the central database,

automatically generate a news item about the second employee that includes only non-confidential EAS data collected from the first EAS module based on the configuration command to abstain from publishing confidential EAS data, wherein confidential data about the second employee of the organization is not included in the automatically generated news items, and

publish the news item about the second employee on the feed for the first EAS module, for access by the first employee according to the filter, by providing a link to the news item to the computer of the first employee, the news item including content, metadata having a first field for a title for the news item and a second field for the content of the news item.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the feed is for one of a position management module, a performance review module, an applicant tracking module, a payroll module, a training module, a time and attendance module, and a benefits module within the human resource module.

18. A system for syndicating enterprise application system (EAS) data, comprising:

a processor for executing instructions; and

a memory for storing a syndication module executable by the processor, the syndication module comprising;

means for receiving, from an administrator computer, a configuration command to abstain from publishing confidential EAS data for a first EAS module from among the plurality of EAS modules, wherein the syndication module is a component of the first EAS module and EAS data for the plurality of EAS modules is stored in a central database for the EAS system;

means for creating a feed for the first EAS module;

means for receiving, from an computer of a first employee, a subscription request for the feed filtered according to a filter, wherein the filter comprises data from the first EAS module about a second employee of the organization;

means for collecting EAS data automatically sent from the first EAS module, the EAS data comprising confidential and non-confidential data from the first EAS module about the second employee, wherein the EAS data is stored in the central database;

means for automatically generating a news item about the second employee that includes only non-confidential EAS data collected from the first EAS module based on the configuration command to abstain from publishing confidential EAS data, wherein confidential data about the second employee of the organization is not included in the automatically generated news items; and

means for publishing the news item about the second employee on the feed for the first EAS module, for access by the first employee according to the filter, by providing a link to the news item to the computer of the first employee, the news item including content, metadata having a first field for a title for the news item and a second field for the content of the news item.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the first EAS module is one of a position management module, a performance review module, an applicant tracking module, a payroll module, a training module, a time and attendance module, and a benefits module.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the EAS data is enterprise resource planning (ERP) data and the EAS module is an ERP module.