Architectural design for service procurement application software

US8447657B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Christoph Jungkind · Heidelberg, DE
• Zeno Rummler · Blankenloch, DE
• Dieter Krisch · Karlsruhe, DE
• Jacques Duparc · Speyer, DE
• Peter Fitz · Waldsee, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 31, 2007
• Grant date: May 21, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 22, 2032

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 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; an RFQ Processing process component; and a Time and Labor Management process component.