Business network access protocol for the business network

US8655989B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Daniel Ritter · Heidelberg, DE
• Christoph Herrmann · Aachen, DE
• Ankur Bhatt · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 14, 2011
• Grant date: Feb 18, 2014
• Expiry date: Aug 2, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for providing access to business network data. One method includes identifying a logical graph from business network linked graph data to be transformed into a resource graph, the logical graph including at least two nodes and at least one edge connecting a pair of nodes and defining a connection between the nodes. Each node is converted into a resource. A resource graph associated with the logical graph can be generated, where generation comprises, for each identified node, associating at least one attribute associated with the identified node as a resource attribute of the corresponding resource, adding at least one node connected to the identified node via an edge in the logical graph as a resource attribute of the corresponding resource, and dissolving at least one connection between the identified node and at least one other entity in the logical graph.