Source service mapping for collaborative platforms

US10726036B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP SE · DE

Inventors

• Dave Schikora · Berlin, DE
• Pit Humke · Potsdam, DE
• Michael Burwig · Berlin, DE
• Ole Lilienthal · Altentreptow, DE
• Leif Jensen-Pistorius · Östringen, DE
• Martin Wezowski · Berlin, DE
• Thomas Spangemacher · Neulußheim, DE
• Peer Hilgers · St. Leon-Rot, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 16, 2016
• Grant date: Jul 28, 2020
• Expiry date: May 15, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/103
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques are described for service mapping and other backend operations for a collaborative platform. A platform may access data objects from any suitable number of source services. The data model of the platform may be dependent on the data models of its associated source services as well as source service annotations, where such annotations describe the mapping onto the various data model elements. The process of mapping requests and results between the platform and the external data sources at runtime may employ a schema mapping data structure to minimize potential performance impacts. Implementations may employ a hierarchical class structure that is configured to achieve efficient traversal by shifting computational load to initialization time when the source service data models and annotations are processed. The initialization of the structure may be triggered at initialization time of the platform or whenever an administrative action causes changes to the schema mapping.