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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2022
Sap SE, Walldorf, DE;
Feng Guo, Beijing, CN;
SAP SE, Walldorf, DE;
Abstract
Techniques and solutions are provided for searching for documents upstream, downstream, or both upstream and downstream of a given document, and providing information about relationships between documents in the results. To help users understand relationships between documents, different 'voices' can be used in a result display, such as an “active voice” being used for an upstream search and a “passive voice” being used for a downstream search. If desired, results can be limited or filtered, such as limiting a search to a particular relationship type or types, or providing a limit to an amount of indirection between documents. Disclosed techniques can provide more useful information about a document flow, and can reduce computing resources used in generating such displays.