Integrating contextual information into mobile enterprise applications
AssigneeSap SE
InventorsAxel Spriestersbach, Hartmut Vogler, Falk Lehmann, Thomas Ziegert
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Abstract
A location context-aware mobile system determines the location of a mobile device and updates a user interface based on the location of the device. By using the location of the mobile device to reduce the amount of information required to be entered by a user in a business process application, the system increases the feasibility of providing business process applications on mobile devices such as mobile telephones.
Claims25
A location context-aware system comprising:
- a location identifier device;
- a mobile device operable to receive a location identifier from the location identifier device, the location identifier indicative of the location of the mobile device;
- a mobile application server coupled to the mobile device providing a business process application, the business process application including a user interface;
- and
- a backend enterprise server coupled to the mobile application server, the backend enterprise server including business process data;
- wherein the mobile application server modifies the user interface based on the location of the mobile device and the business process data.
A method of modifying a user interface using location context information, the method comprising:
- identifying the location of a mobile device;
- retrieving information regarding the location of the mobile device;
- modifying a user interface using the retrieved information;
- and
- displaying the modified user interface on the mobile device.
A computer program for providing a location context-aware user interface on a mobile device, the computer program comprising:
- a location identification code segment to determine the location of the mobile device;
- an information dispatch code segment to retrieve information about the location of the mobile device;
- a user interface generation code segment to modify a user interface based on the location of the mobile device;
- and
- a user interface display code segment to display the modified user interface.
A method of modifying a user interface using context information, the method comprising:
- identifying contextual information associated with a mobile device;
- modifying a user interface using the identified contextual information;
- and
- displaying the modified user interface on the mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.