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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2005
Gerhard Gebhard, Wiesloch, DE;
Christiane Kuntz-mayr, Limburgerhof, DE;
Steffen Horndacher, Wiesloch, DE;
Gerhard Gebhard, Wiesloch, DE;
Christiane Kuntz-Mayr, Limburgerhof, DE;
Steffen Horndacher, Wiesloch, DE;
SAP AG, Walldorf, DE;
Abstract
A tool and graphical user interface (GUI) may be provided for a customer relationship management (CRM) system that enables a user to create, maintain, display and use individual object (iObject) data that relates to a unique asset in a family of assets. A tool or GUI for maintaining information that relates to individual objects may be referred to herein as an 'individual object workbench' (workbench). In general, a workbench may include a selection area for selecting an individual object to be defined, and a definition area in which a user may define information to be associated with the selected individual object. Each individual object may be associated with a unique identifier (e.g., a particular car is associated with a vehicle identification number) as a consistent identifier of an individual asset throughout that asset's lifecycle, which may span multiple owners, for example.