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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2001
Rocky Stewart, Danville, CA (US);
Pal Takacsi-nagy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Timo Metsaportti, Espoo, FI;
Adrian Price, Worthing, GB;
Rocky Stewart, Danville, CA (US);
Pal Takacsi-Nagy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Timo Metsaportti, Espoo, FI;
Adrian Price, Worthing, GB;
BEA Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An enterprise wide electronic commerce system allows trading partners to act as participants in a complex trading process. Participants communicate with one another by joining conversations that are hosted in a collaboration space and managed by a collaboration hub. In this manner, the enterprise workflow may have an effect on, or be affected by, local workflows. The invention provides a workflow integration system for enterprise wide electronic collaboration. An embodiment of the invention includes a workflow integration system for a collaboration system that allows for sharing of workflow information between collaboration participants, comprising a collaboration server having stored thereon an enterprise workflow, a workflow server having stored thereon a participant workflow and an integration mechanism for allowing said enterprise workflow and said participant workflow to interact with one another.