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Configuration inheritance in system configuration

US7870538B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Ingo Zenz · Epfenbach, DE
Thomas Mueller · Oberkirch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 30, 2005
Grant date	Jan 11, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 15, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/44505
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses provide configuration inheritance. One configuration can be derived from another (target) configuration, and properties and all content of the target configuration are inherited by the derived configuration. The derived properties and all content may exist virtually at the derived configuration, and local settings can exist locally at the configuration. The configuration architecture may allow for overwriting the derived configuration with local content to allow for modifications of the derived content to adapt to the circumstance/environment of the derived configuration.

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