Managing consistent interfaces for retail business objects across heterogeneous systems

US8589263B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Susanne Doenig · Bitburg, DE
• Harald Bommer · Neunkirchen, DE
• Jean Corbeil · Saint-Constant, CA
• Ruediger Zuerl · Eschelbronn, DE
• Devasena Rajamohan · Bad Schönborn, DE
• Maryam Mohammadian · Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, CA
• Alexander Grendel · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
• Thomas Gabelmann · Kirkel, DE
• Thomas Weiler · Wien, AT
• Sabine Lankau · Düsseldorf, DE
• Dieter Scheerer · Riegelsberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 2008
• Grant date: Nov 19, 2013
• Expiry date: Feb 5, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/087
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a retail allocation and/or a retail event business object.