Abstract: A content center and method for business process applications are provided. A method for providing services for a business process includes providing a content center for a business process application. Access to a service for performing a step of the business process may be provided in or otherwise with the content center.

Abstract: Methods and systems for providing sponsored content based on user information are provided. A method for providing sponsored content for use with a business application includes obtaining a user profile of a user of a business application. The user profile is used to provide sponsored content for use with the business application.

Abstract: Methods and systems for providing context based content for computer applications are provided. A method for providing sponsored content for use with a computer application includes obtaining a business context for a user of a computer application. The business context is used to provide sponsored content for use with the computer application.

Abstract: Methods and systems for providing feedback on business transactions using computer applications are provided. A method for providing feedback on sponsored content effectiveness includes collecting purchasing information for purchases by a user of a computer application in response to display of sponsored content in the computer application. The purchasing information is provided to a provider of the sponsored content.

Abstract: Methods and systems for providing sponsored content based on previously provided content are provided. A method for providing sponsored content for use with a computer application includes accessing a history of sponsored content presented to a user of a computer application. Additional sponsored content is provided for presentation to the user in the computer application based on the history of sponsored content.

Abstract: The object based navigation is an intelligent user interface that uses a source object to determine which target information is to be presented to the user. This is done by associating an object to one or more operations, so that selection of a given source object would result in a predefined operation to be activated. The role of the user may also affect the predefined operation that is activated. If multiple operations are associated with a given source object, these operations may be prioritized, so that the one with the highest priority is performed as a default operation.

Abstract: An interface for accessing objects in one or more object repositories, wherein objects are associated with nodes in an object hierarchy and have object types, the interface comprising a tree panel for displaying at least a portion of the object hierarchy, an object panel for displaying an object interface, wherein at least one property of a current object is displayed, an editor for each of a plurality of object types, each editor including instructions for displaying of an edit panel within the object panel when an edit function is selected and a permission hierarchy indicating which users of a class of users have access to which objects of the object hierarchy, wherein the tree panel display is dependent for each user on which objects the user has permission to view.