Automatically selecting application services for communicating data

US7296052B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Jürgen Heymann · Leimen, DE
• Stefan Kusterer · Schallstadt, DE
• Bernhard Drittler · Walldorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 1, 2002
• Grant date: Nov 13, 2007
• Expiry date: Nov 6, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F9/451
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A client computer and a server computer communicate via a network; the server computer receives user identification via the client computer that is selectively a first device or a second device. The server computer stores at least first and second application services for a single predetermined application class, wherein the first and second application services are adapted to client computer type. Upon receiving user identification, the server computer further receives a device attribute from the client computer, compares the device attribute with reference attributes, and selectively sends a representation of the first application service or of the second application service to the client computer according to the device attribute.