(19)
(11)EP 1 416 411 A3

(12)EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)Date of publication A3:
09.06.2004 Bulletin 2004/24

(43)Date of publication A2:
06.05.2004 Bulletin 2004/19

(21)Application number: 03078296.5

(22)Date of filing:  17.10.2003
(51)International Patent Classification (IPC)7G06F 17/60
(84)Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30)Priority: 29.10.2002 US 422363 P
27.08.2003 US 649377

(71)Applicant: SAP AG
69190 Walldorf (DE)

(72)Inventor:
  • Beringer, Joerg
    60431 Frankfurt (DE)

(74)Representative: Prins, Adrianus Willem, Mr. Ir. et al
Vereenigde, Nieuwe Parklaan 97
2587 BN Den Haag
2587 BN Den Haag (NL)

  


(54)Systems and techniques to facilitate communications among individuals in an enterprise may use collaborative conversation channels that are associated with specific communities within the enterprise.


(57) Systems and techniques to facilitate communications among individuals in an enterprise may use collaborative conversation channels that are associated with specific communities within the enterprise. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes defining communities within an enterprise and providing access to collaborative conversation channels through a user interface. Each collaborative conversation channel is associated with a specific community and has an associated set of message types. A request to send a message of a selected message type within one of the collaborative conversation channels may be received through the user interface. In response to the request, the message may be sent through the collaborative conversation channel.







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