Architectural design for time recording application software

US8352338B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Jacques Duparc · Speyer, DE
• Fabian Guenther · Mauer, DE
• Thomas Moser · Wiesloch, DE
• Peter Sieber · Wiesloch, DE
• Helgi Thorleifsson · Gaiberg, DE
• Markus Biehler · Landau, DE
• Peter Fitz · Waldsee, DE
• Jens Freund · Heidelberg, DE
• Otfried Von Geisau · Sinsheim, DE
• Stefan Kaetker · Dossenheim, DE
• Joachim Kenntner · Heidelberg, DE
• Ralf Klein · Midlothian, US
• Dieter Krisch · Karlsruhe, DE
• Peter Latocha · Malsch, DE
• Peter J. Neumayer · Edenkoben, DE
• Kai-Michael Roesner · Blankenloch, DE
• Matthias Tebbe · Walldorf, DE
• Gertrud Beisel · Foster City, US
• Gerd Moosmann · Pforzheim, DE
• Christoph Jungkind · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2008
• Grant date: Jan 8, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 18, 2031

Classification

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

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing time recording. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include a Project Processing process component that supports the management of projects, a Time and Labor Management process component that supports the management of employees timekeeping and work planning, an Accounting process component that records relevant business transactions, a payroll processing process component that supports the execution and monitoring of payroll processes, and a Goods and Service Acknowledgement process component that receives a confirmation from an employee of goods received or services rendered.