Control center pages

• US 7,849,175 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2003
• Issued: 12/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Nieves, Sandra, Tso, Emil, Lee, Chinhao, Harbusch, Matthias, Haussler, Annette, Beringer, Joerg, Hatscher, Michael, Wood, Eric, Eberleh, Edmund
• Primary Examiner(s): Dharia; Rupal D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen; Van Kim T
• Application Number:
  US10/663,382
• Publication Number:
  US 20040131050A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,640 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 709/203, 709/223, 709/225, 709/236
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Systems and techniques to provide control center pages in a portal. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes enabling a user of a portal to navigate between control level pages and execution level pages without losing work performed in the execution level pages. The control level includes user-centric control center page(s) that provide the user with personal resources and serve as an anchor, or “home”, page.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

in a portal,

generating information views, the information views including control center pages, which represent generic personal resources for a user, the control center pages together forming a control center that represents a personal workspace of the user and including personalized content which reflects common information needs of the user and facilitates control level activities;

presenting, in the personal workspace, a first view including at least one task associated with a first workset, wherein the first workset is associated with a first work role of the user, presenting, in the personal workspace, a second view including at least one task associated with a second workset, wherein the second workset is associated with that a second work role of the user,

presenting, in the personal workspace, a third view including the at least one task associated with the first workset associated with the first work role of the user and the at least one task associated with the second workset associated with the second work role of the user;

presenting a control level page in a first browser session, wherein the control level page includes links to services and objects in an execution level page, and wherein the services and objects correspond to the first workset;

presenting the execution level page in a second browser session while maintaining the first browser session;

receiving work performed on the execution level page;

navigating to the control level page from the execution level page; and

navigating back to the execution level page, the execution level page preserving the work performed before said navigating to the control level page.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the control level page includes messages and work triggers.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the control level page includes trackable work objects.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the control level page includes a user'"'"'s personal files and contacts.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the control level page includes links to one or more workset areas.

6. A computer system comprising:

a processor; and

a cross functional application to provide communication between at least one of an object modeling tool, a process modeling tool, and a user interface tool, wherein the user interface tool is configured to;

in a portal,

generate information views, the information views including control center pages, which represent generic personal resources for a user, the control center pages together forming a control center that represents a personal workspace of the user and including personalized content which reflects common information needs of the user and facilitates control level activities;

present, in the personal workspace, a first view including at least one task associated with a first workset, wherein the first workset is associated with a first work role of the user;

present, in the personal workspace, a second view including at least one task associated with a second workset, wherein the second workset is associated with that a second work role of the user;

present, in the personal workspace, a third view including the at least one task associated with the first workset associated with the first work role of the user and the at least one task associated with the second workset associated with the second work role of the user;

present a control level page in a first browser session, wherein the control level page includes links to services and objects in an execution level page, and wherein the services and objects correspond to the first workset; and

present the execution level page in a second browser session while maintaining the first browser session;

receive work performed on the execution level page;

navigate to the control level page from the execution level page; and

navigate back to the execution level page, the execution level page preserving the work performed before said navigating to the control level page.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the control level page includes messages and work triggers.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the control level page includes trackable work objects.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the control level page includes a user'"'"'s personal files and contacts.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the control level page includes links to one or more workset areas.