US 11,941,230 B2
Multiple stakeholders for a single business process
Mangesh P. Bhandarkar, Mountain View, CA (US); and Michael K. Dewey, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Salesforce, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Salesforce, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on May 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/323,469.
Application 17/323,469 is a continuation of application No. 15/589,855, filed on May 8, 2017, granted, now 11,042,271.
Application 15/589,855 is a continuation of application No. 11/014,149, filed on Dec. 15, 2004, granted, now 9,645,712, issued on May 9, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/615,306, filed on Oct. 1, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2021/0333959 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 3/0484 (2013.01) [G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for providing a customized representation of a business process involving one or more organizational entities, the method comprising:
providing a user interface operable to display the customized representation of the business process having a configurable flow, the business process including a set of operations to be performed by the one or more organizational entities;
storing user information, including user privileges associated with the business process, in a central repository, wherein the user privileges are indicative of which users of the user interface have permission to modify the associated business process;
receiving a request from a first user through the user interface to view the business process;
providing the customized representation of the business process for presentation in the user interface, the customized representation of the business process including a graphical representation of each operation in the set of operations to be performed by the one or more organizational entities, each operation in the set of operations having associated user privileges, a first operation in the set of operations being represented by a first graphical object, the customized representation of the business process being in compliance with first user privileges for the first user; and
modifying the customized representation of the business process to make a corresponding change in operations of business activity to be performed by the one or more organizational entities, responsive to interaction by the first user with the graphical representation in compliance with the first user privileges of the first user.