Patent · US Expired

Composite computer program extensions

US7263697B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Michael Acker · Großfischlingen, DE
Georg Wilhelm · Guteneck, DE
Juergen Remmel · Östringen, DE
Rainer Andreas Dattke · Bruchsal, DE
Sigrun Wintzheimer · Hambrücken, DE
Steffi Kramer · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 17, 2003
Grant date	Aug 28, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 14, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/44526
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, providing and using composite extension definitions. A composite extension definition has one or more extension definitions, each of which can be either an atomic or a non-atomic extension definition. In one aspect, a program has instructions to create a composite extension definition, to generate composite metadata that represents the composite extension definition, and to store the composite metadata for later use. The program can include instructions to receive input specifying dependency relationships between or among extensions defined by the extension definitions and to include the relationships in the composite metadata. Composite extension definitions can be created by an application developer for use by customers to guide them in implementing and deploying extensions to a computer program application.

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