Efficient handling of address data in business transaction documents

US8930363B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP SE · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Bettin · Bad Schönborn, DE
• Andreas Neumann · Hamburg, DE
• Toralf Grossmann · Schallstadt, DE
• Timo Wolf · Gaiberg, DE
• Gerd Ritter · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 23, 2011
• Grant date: Jan 6, 2015
• Expiry date: Apr 5, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/08
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure involves computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for efficiently handling address data in business transaction documents. A computer-implemented method includes receiving a modification to address data associated with an existing address instance, receiving, using at least one computer, an indication of a modification type, creating a new snapshot instance, associating the modified address data with the new snapshot instance, retrieving a unique reference value for the new address snapshot instance, and associating the unique reference value identifying the new address snapshot instance with the address instance.