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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2007
Applicant:
Maarten E. Rits, Nice, FR;
Inventor:
Maarten E. Rits, Nice, FR;
Assignee:
SAP SE, Walldorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for executing a workflow is described, wherein the workflow comprises a set of individual activities, the method comprising the operations of deriving a global workflow access type and receiving a request to execute a workflow. Execution of access control based on the global workflow access type is performed. If access is allowable, the user is authorized to execute all activities belonging to the workflow. If access is not allowable, the user is rejected before executing the workflow.