Patent · US Expired

Method and system for linking personnel, organizational, and budgetary elements

US7373339B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Thomas Hotz · Bruchsal, DE
Andy Peichl · Ubstadt-Weiher, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 6, 2004
Grant date	May 13, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 6, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/99945
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems to link personnel, organizational, and budgetary elements in disparate databases are described. In one embodiment, a method in accordance with the invention may include forming a query from a first set of attributes from a first database and a second set of attributes from a second database, determining, from a third database, an index value that is associated with both the first set and the second set of attributes, and outputting the index value to a user. A system in accordance with the invention may include a processor, an output device, and a memory. The memory may include at least three databases.

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