Architectural design for service procurement application software

US8396731B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Arthur Berger · Fair Haven, US
• Bettina Jaeger · Heidelberg, DE
• Peter Fitz · Waldsee, DE
• Karin Brecht-Tillinger · Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE
• Arnulf Schueler · Heidelberg, DE
• Paola Sala · Heidelberg, DE
• Armin Schwarz · Sandy, US
• Otfried Von Geisau · Sinsheim, DE
• Peter J. Neumayer · Edenkoben, DE
• Matthias Tebbe · Walldorf, DE
• Jens Freund · Heidelberg, DE
• Stefan Kaetker · Dossenheim, DE
• Gerd Moosmann · Pforzheim, DE
• Peter Latocha · Malsch, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 30, 2005
• Grant date: Mar 12, 2013
• Expiry date: Nov 18, 2030

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 service procurement. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service interface operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include a Project Processing process component; a Purchase Request Processing process component; a Purchase Order Processing process component; a Purchasing Contract process component; a Goods and Service Acknowledgement process component; a Supplier Invoice Processing process component; an RFQ Processing process component that; and a Time and Labor Management process component.