Integrating geographical contextual information into mobile enterprise applications
AssigneeSap SE
InventorsAxel Spriestersbach, Hartmut Vogler, Peter Ebert
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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.
Claims20
A location context-aware system integrating geographical contextual information, the location context-aware system comprising:
- a mobile device;
- a location service operable to determine a 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 geographical information service application coupled to the mobile application server, the geographical information service application operable to query 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 from a geographical information service application based on 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 a mobile device;
- an information dispatch code segment to retrieve information from a geographical information service application based on the location of the mobile device;
- a user interface generation code segment to modify a user interface using the retrieved information;
- and
- a user interface display code segment to display the modified user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.