Object oriented technology framework for warehouse control

US5936860A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Vincent Davis Arnold · Dodge Center, US
• Alf Christian Berg · Nesoddtangen, NO
• Kathryn Ann Bohrer · Austin, US
• Thomas Karl Athos Brane · Stockholm, SE
• Tore Dahl · Hässelby, SE
• Tor Michaelson · Oslo, NO
• Anders Nilsson · Hagan, NO
• Helge Odegaard · Frogner, NO
• Torbjorn Pernbeck · Stockholm, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 28, 1997
• Grant date: Aug 10, 1999
• Expiry date: Mar 28, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99943
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An object oriented framework provides a set of objects that perform warehouse control functioning and that permit a framework user to add extensions for specific processing features, thereby producing a warehouse control application program for managing the warehouse distribution system of a company. The framework includes a Product category of classes that contains product information for inventory processing, a Posting Combinations category of classes that define valid posting combinations for the general ledger, a Journals category of classes that create, process, validate, and post general ledger journals, a Bank Transactions category of classes that process bank statements, a Bank Statements and Reconciliation category of classes that reconcile bank statements with bank accounts, and a Closing category of classes that validate and close the current accounting period. These classes provide the base framework upon which an account management application program is developed by the framework user.