Adaptable application variants

US10380191B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP SE · DE

Inventors

• Markus Viol · Walldorf, DE
• Alexander Rauh · Weinheim, DE
• Carsten Brandt · Chemnitz, DE
• Lars Erbe · Waghäusel, DE
• Stefan Haffner · Hockenheim, DE
• Felix Riegger · Mannheim, DE
• Axel Warner · Frankenthal (Pfalz), DE
• Christian Voshage · Eppelheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 26, 2017
• Grant date: Aug 13, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 26, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/90335
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for managing and accessing variants of applications. In an embodiment, a request for an application including one or more contextual parameters may be received. A base user interface configuration corresponding to the application may first be retrieved. One or more interface configuration files corresponding to the one or more contextual parameters may then be retrieved from a layered repository. The layered repository may be partitioned into organizational layers that store a plurality of interface configuration files associated with the application. The retrieved interface configuration files may be merged with the base user interface configuration to generate a composite interface configuration, and the composite interface configuration may be applied to the application at runtime.