Composite application modeling

US8321832B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Uta Prigge · Heidelberg, DE
• Jens Freund · Heidelberg, DE
• Stefan Kaetker · Dossenheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 2006
• Grant date: Nov 27, 2012
• Expiry date: Jan 18, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, to realize a software model are described. A user-centric modeling component is defined, the user-centric modeling component modeling an interactive software system and including a plurality of process steps, the plurality of process steps defining a business scenario. For each process step in the plurality of process steps one or more service requirements are identified, where a service requirement represents functionality necessary to accomplish a step. For each service requirement a process component capable of providing the service requirement is identified, the process component modeling software implementing a business process and defining a service operation for providing the service requirement and for interacting with other process components.