| US 7,590,640 B2 | ||
| Systems and methods for managing the flow of attachments to business objects | ||
| Andreas Wolber, Heidelberg (Germany); Johannes Bechtold, Muhlhausen (Germany); Olaf Babel, Bruchsalestr (Germany); Tim Back, Manheim (Germany); Klaus Wriessnegger, Walldorf (Germany); and Philipp Steves, St. Leon-Rot (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to SAP AG, Walldorf (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 30, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/320,692. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0162467 A1, Jul. 12, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/30 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 707—100 | 20 Claims |
| 1. A computer-implemented method for managing the flow of documents comprising:
applying an attribute to a first business object;
assigning to a file containing unstructured content a plurality of document properties comprising a semantic property and
at least one of (i) a business process role, (ii) a subset category, (iii) an access policy, and (iv) a document template;
associating the file with the first business object, based on the semantic property associated with the file;
applying the attribute to a second business object to relate it to the first business object;
applying at least one pre-configured attachment flow rule to determine, without user intervention, whether, based on the attribute
applied to the first and second business objects and at least one of the plurality of document properties, the file is relevant
to the second business object; and
associating the file with the second business object if the file is determined to be relevant to the second business object.
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