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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2005
Christoph Lange, Oestringen, DE;
Karin Brecht-tillinger, Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE;
Oleg Shestakov, Eppelheim, DE;
Ruediger Radcke, Budapest, HU;
Erwin Pinter, Neuhofen, DE;
Christoph Lange, Oestringen, DE;
Karin Brecht-Tillinger, Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE;
Oleg Shestakov, Eppelheim, DE;
Ruediger Radcke, Budapest, HU;
Erwin Pinter, Neuhofen, DE;
SAP AG, Walldorf, DE;
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for processing an electronic document by one or more computer network components having network addresses in a computer network. Within the electronic document, a plurality of approval items are identified that require status manipulation operations within the electronic document. These approval objects may be grouped together based on the properties of the approval items to form one or more approval objects. Thereafter, each approval object is associated with one or more computer network components based on the properties of the approval object, so that each approval object may be routed to the network addresses of the associated computer network components for status manipulation processing. Depending on the results of the status manipulation processing, a follow-on data set may be generated for the electronic document and sent to one or more additional computer network components.