Systems and methods for calculating a distribution

US7849200B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Ralf Dinkel · Waibstadt, DE
• Christine Hoffmann · Weinheim, DE
• Ralf Kuehner · Stuttgart, DE
• Manfred Metz · Ditzingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 2006
• Grant date: Dec 7, 2010
• Expiry date: Oct 7, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/03
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for calculating a distribution of a quantity over a number of receiver objects. In one implementation, a data processing system is provided that comprises a number of application programs, each of the application programs being adapted to generate a distribution request, storage means for storing a number of rules, each rule being adapted for distribution of at least a portion of the quantity over the receiver objects and for storing an assignment of a sub-set of the rules to each application program, each rule within one of the sub-sets of rules having an assigned priority of execution and each sub-set of rules having an assigned identifier.