Foundation layer for services based enterprise software architecture

US8438119B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Joachim Puteick · Ubstadt-Weiher, DE
• Martin Rogge · Ramstein-Miesenbach, DE
• Hendrik Geipel · Walldorf, DE
• Andrea Pluemper · Waibstadt, DE
• Andreas Huppert · Neulußheim, DE
• Kai-Uwe Pielka · Reilingen, DE
• Ashwin Reddy Yeddula · Walldorf, DE
• Matthias Schmitt · Speyer, DE
• Toralf Grossmann · Schallstadt, DE
• Andreas Neumann · Hamburg, DE
• Bare Said · St. Leon-Rot, DE
• Stefan Andrew Miller · Hockenheim, DE
• Michael Neumann · Speyer, DE
• Florian Rehfeld · Heidelberg, DE
• Ingo Bruss · Heidelberg, DE
• Horst Schaude · Gondelsheim, DE
• Michael Bauer · Rastatt, DE
• Andreas Morsch · Mannheim, DE
• Silke Storch · Wiesloch, DE
• Klaus Bahr · Karlsruhe, DE
• Bernd Schmitt · Lohr am Main, DE
• Michael Meyringer · Wiesloch, DE
• Dirk Henrich · Wiesloch, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 2006
• Grant date: May 7, 2013
• Expiry date: Oct 1, 2031

Classification

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

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having foundation layer functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.