Adrian R Price

US Patent:

20020010741, Jan 24, 2002

Filed:

Feb 16, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/785862

Inventors:

Rocky Stewart - Danville CA, US
Pal Takacsi-Nagy - Cupertino CA, US
Adrian Price - San Jose CA, US
Timo Metsaportti - Espoo, FI

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709/204000, 709/218000

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.