Patent ID: 8527313
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a work action or activity associated with a workflow, comprising: receiving, from a client device by a server of an enterprise system, a request to open a document in the client device, the document incorporating at least one data object from the enterprise system, the enterprise system including multiple backend systems accessible via at least one frontend interface on the client device; processing the request with the server, including identifying one of multiple different business scenarios in the enterprise system associated with the document, wherein determining in response to the identifying the business scenario, a distributed workflow specific to performing the work related to the business goal of the associated business scenario, the enterprise system including workflow management configured to generate the distributed workflow in response to identifying the business scenario; initiating the distributed workflow with the workflow management, the initiating including instantiating the document on the client device in response to the request to open the document including creating an instance of the enterprise data object, wherein the document is opened in a context of the associated business scenario and the distributed workflow initiated in response to the request to open the document.