Process agents for process integration

US7934219B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Baeuerle · Walldorf, DE
• Guenter Pecht-Seibert · Östringen, DE
• Stefan Adelmann · Mannheim, DE
• Robert Getzner · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 29, 2005
• Grant date: Apr 26, 2011
• Expiry date: Jan 7, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The addition of process agents into an application system allows a much simpler integration between business objects by placing the integrating components into separate, independently updateable process agents. Process agents observe business objects with which they are associated and communicate with other process agents. Alternatively, process agents may be notified by business objects to perform communication activities. Thus, a business object may be designed, operated, or updated with complete independence from the surrounding structure of the application system. The logic, application code, and integration components that require specific changes or design in response to changes in the overall application system or real world conditions are placed in the process agent objects, allowing them to be updated, modified or integrated freely without any changes to business objects within the system.