Framework for a composite application and a method of implementing a frame work for a composite application

US8069437B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Werner Aigner · Willmering, DE
• Juergen Zimmermann · Horb, DE
• Joerg Beringer · Frankfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 22, 2004
• Grant date: Nov 29, 2011
• Expiry date: Jan 6, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for a framework for composite applications. A computer-implemented framework for a composite application includes an object access layer to exchange data with enterprise base systems and to present the data to a composite application through a uniform interface, a business object modeling layer including a business object modeler to provide a user interface (UI) for constructing a business object, and a service layer to enable services to the composite application, the service layer including a collaboration services module to enable collaboration services to the composite application, the business object modeling layer linking at least one of the collaboration services associated with the business object to the business object.