Architectural design for opportunity management application software

US8374896B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Christoph Engler · Walldorf, DE
• Helge Schulte · Riegelsberg, DE
• Ingo Pfitzner · Berlin, DE
• Priya S. Mohana · Chennai, IN
• Wolfgang Gentes · Zweibrücken, DE
• Shadab Shafiq · New Delhi, IN
• Naga Chandra Sekhar Hota · Bengaluru, IN
• Andre Wachholz-Prill · Bellheim, DE
• Martina Lahr · Weinheim, DE
• Andrea Sudbrack · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2008
• Grant date: Feb 12, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 20, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/02
• 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 ad-hoc goods movement. 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, for example, a lead processing process component that handles the potential interests of a business partner and the interactions with the business partner over a certain timeframe; an opportunity processing process component that handles the development, processing, and monitoring of opportunities; a customer quote processing process component that handles the processing of quotes to customers offering the delivery of goods according to specific terms; and a sales order processing process component that handles the processing of customers' requests to seller for delivery of goods, on a specific date, for a specific quantity, and for a specific price.