Providing payment software application as enterprise services

US8538864B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Martin Von Der Emde · Wiesloch, DE
• Thomas Hoffmann · Münstermaifeld, DE
• Dietmar Nowotny · Dielheim, DE
• Jan Paul Penning · Bergen op Zoom, NL
• Bernhard Kuhn · Biberach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 2006
• Grant date: Sep 17, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 2, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q20/102
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a service architecture design that provides enterprise services having payment 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.