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Business object based navigation

US9256839B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Hasso-Plattner Institut fuer Softwaresystemtechnik GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hasso Plattner · Schriesheim, DE
Alexander Zeier · Berlin, DE
Matthias Uflacker · Potsdam, DE
Cafer Tosun · Mannheim, DE
Janek Schumann · Borkheide, DE
Kok Thim Chew · San Mateo, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 7, 2010
Grant date	Feb 9, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 8, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/288
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment the present invention relates to a method for navigating within a database containing business objects. The method includes the steps of providing a preconfigured model comprising preconfigured business object types and preconfigured associations of the business object types, identifying a reference to a business object instance within a software object and determining a primary business object type corresponding to the business object instance, providing links to at least one secondary business object type associated with the primary business object type in accordance with the preconfigured business model, and retrieving from the database at least one attribute of at least one business object instance within the secondary business object type associated to the primary business object type in accordance with the preconfigured model. In this manner, a user may more easily navigate the database.

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