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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Martin Botscheck, Foster City, CA (US);
Udo Waibel, Foster City, CA (US);
Mirjam Sonnleithner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Wolfram Hepp, Heidelberg, DE;
Martin Zurmuehl, Muehlhausen, DE;
Heiko Schultze, Wiesloch, DE;
Martin Botscheck, Foster City, CA (US);
Udo Waibel, Foster City, CA (US);
Mirjam Sonnleithner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Wolfram Hepp, Heidelberg, DE;
Martin Zurmuehl, Muehlhausen, DE;
Heiko Schultze, Wiesloch, DE;
SAP AG, Walldorf, DE;
Abstract
A method allows a user to process a life or work event by enabling the user to perform certain operations, including creating at least one event instance based on an event definition that includes a specification of data required from an external source, a list of tasks to be completed, a task order, and one or more resources associated with each task, and processing the event instance by importing the data from the external source and by iteratively allowing the user to select a task in accordance with the task order and to access the resources associated with the selected task. The imported data may be used to pre-populate forms, or as other input within the tasks. If the imported data is processed or used to produce output data, the output data may be exported to an external destination.