Patents by Inventor Marek Kowalkiewicz

Marek Kowalkiewicz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9858552
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods including providing a data structure stored in computer-readable memory at a first location, monitoring a first work surface provided at the first location, determining that a first physical medium has been manipulated on the first work surface, and, in response, generating a first operation based on a manipulation of the first physical medium, applying the first operation to the data structure. Systems and methods can further include receiving operation and object data from a server system, the operation and object data corresponding to a second operation generated in response to manipulation of a second physical medium on a second work surface provided at a second location, applying the second operation to the data structure, processing the object data, and projecting a first virtual medium on the first work surface, the first virtual medium corresponding to the second physical medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Marek Kowalkiewicz, Alexander Dreiling, Christian Janiesch, Melissa Adkins, Dawid Grzegorz Weckowski, Mark Holmes
  • Patent number: 9009708
    Abstract: A computer-implemented smart recovery system for dynamic workflows addresses a change to a data object during execution of an instance of a workflow by selectively re-executing workflow tasks that are affected by the change, without cancelling the instance and restarting a new instance of the workflow. A determination of whether a task is to be re-executed during the smart recovery process may include examining a re-evaluation label assigned to the task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Ruopeng Lu, Marek Kowalkiewicz, Bernd Schaeufele, Marita Kruempelmann, Stefan Baeuerle
  • Patent number: 8732707
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for automatically and dynamically composing and executing workflow-based service processes may include receiving a request, the request including a user-selected service type, guided by one or more rules for questionnaire creation, dynamically generating a sequence of one or more electronic inquiries in accordance with the user-selected service type, receiving information based on the sequence of the one or more electronic inquiries, based on the information received, creating a goal for the request by constructing logical state representations of a current state constituting a pre-condition of the goal and of a target state constituting a post-condition of the goal and generating a service process by determining a sequence of services which together fulfill the goal, where the services are selected from a plurality of services such that pre-conditions and post-conditions associated with the selected services together match the pre-condition and the post-condition of the goal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Ulrike Greiner, Ingo Weber, York Sure, Matthias Born, Rainer Ruggaber, Marek Kowalkiewicz, Christian Brelage, Ulrike Brecht, Rene Fitterer, Andreas Klein
  • Patent number: 8719826
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing a weak dependency linking two tasks of a workflow of task. In one aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method. The method receives, from a user interface, an indication representing a link between a first task and a second task. The link being a weak dependency linking the first and second task. The weak dependency representing that one or more tasks may be inserted between the first and second tasks. The first and second tasks including the link representing the weak dependency may be provided to the user interface. The link presented at the user interface to enable identification of the weak dependency. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Stefan Baeuerle, Marita Kruempelmann, Marek Kowalkiewicz, Ruopeng Lu, Sonia Lippe
  • Patent number: 8429668
    Abstract: An occurrence of a workflow re-evaluation event during execution of tasks in a workflow is identified. In response to the workflow re-evaluation event, it is determined for each task previously executed in the workflow whether such task needs to be executed again. Those tasks in the workflow for which it was determined that the corresponding task needs to be executed again are executed again, while the tasks in the workflow that were previously executed and for which it was not determined that the corresponding task needs to be executed again are skipped. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Marek Kowalkiewicz, Stefan Baeuerle, Marita Kruempelmann, Ruopeng Lu
  • Patent number: 8413150
    Abstract: A method includes providing a baseline workflow as an electronic representation of an actual workflow, the baseline workflow including baseline tasks, data items, and baseline data scopes, and providing a fragment workflow as an electronic representation of an actual fragment workflow, the fragment workflow including at least one fragment task, and at least one fragment data scope. A baseline data scope is identified as an affected data scope based on a structural change operation, the baseline workflow and the fragment workflow, and the affected data scope is compared to the at least one fragment data scope to identify at least one change operation. The fragment and baseline workflows are integrated based on the structural change operation to provide an integrated workflow, and the at least one data scope change operation is executed to provide at least one integrated data scope in the integrated workflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Ruopeng Lu, Marek Kowalkiewicz, Marita Kruempelmann, Stefan Baeuerle
  • Patent number: 8365136
    Abstract: A system may include a composition engine that is configured to include a receiving engine that is configured to receive a series of states and transitions from an object lifecycle. The composition engine may include a computation engine that is configured to compute actions from the transitions and to compute preconditions and effects for the actions from the states. The composition engine may include a relations engine that is configured to compute relations between the actions and a parallel process engine that is configured to generate a parallel process fragment that includes at least two of the actions based on the relations between the actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Marek Kowalkiewicz, Tobias Felbecker
  • Publication number: 20120324372
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods including providing a data structure stored in computer-readable memory at a first location, monitoring a first work surface provided at the first location, determining that a first physical medium has been manipulated on the first work surface, and, in response, generating a first operation based on a manipulation of the first physical medium, applying the first operation to the data structure. Systems and methods can further include receiving operation and object data from a server system, the operation and object data corresponding to a second operation generated in response to manipulation of a second physical medium on a second work surface provided at a second location, applying the second operation to the data structure, processing the object data, and projecting a first virtual medium on the first work surface, the first virtual medium corresponding to the second physical medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Marek Kowalkiewicz, Alexander Dreiling, Christian Janiesch, Melissa Adkins, Dawid Grzegorz Weckowski, Mark Holmes
  • Publication number: 20110246991
    Abstract: A computer-implemented smart recovery system for dynamic workflows addresses a change to a data object during execution of an instance of a workflow by selectively re-executing workflow tasks that are affected by the change, without cancelling the instance and restarting a new instance of the workflow. A determination of whether a task is to be re-executed during the smart recovery process may include examining a re-evaluation label assigned to the task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Ruopeng Lu, Marek Kowalkiewicz, Bernd Schaeufele, Marita Kruempelmann, Stefan Baeuerle
  • Publication number: 20110029983
    Abstract: A method includes providing a baseline workflow as an electronic representation of an actual workflow, the baseline workflow including baseline tasks, data items, and baseline data scopes, and providing a fragment workflow as an electronic representation of an actual fragment workflow, the fragment workflow including at least one fragment task, and at least one fragment data scope. A baseline data scope is identified as an affected data scope based on a structural change operation, the baseline workflow and the fragment workflow, and the affected data scope is compared to the at least one fragment data scope to identify at least one change operation. The fragment and baseline workflows are integrated based on the structural change operation to provide an integrated workflow, and the at least one data scope change operation is executed to provide at least one integrated data scope in the integrated workflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Ruopeng Lu, Marek Kowalkiewicz, Marita Kruempelmann, Stefan Baeuerle
  • Publication number: 20100088701
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for automatically and dynamically composing and executing workflow-based service processes may include receiving a request, the request including a user-selected service type, guided by one or more rules for questionnaire creation, dynamically generating a sequence of one or more electronic inquiries in accordance with the user-selected service type, receiving information based on the sequence of the one or more electronic inquiries, based on the information received, creating a goal for the request by constructing logical state representations of a current state constituting a pre-condition of the goal and of a target state constituting a post-condition of the goal and generating a service process by determining a sequence of services which together fulfill the goal, where the services are selected from a plurality of services such that pre-conditions and post-conditions associated with the selected services together match the pre-condition and the post-condition of the goal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Ulrike Greiner, Ingo Weber, York Sure, Matthias Born, Rainer Ruggaber, Marek Kowalkiewicz, Christian Brelage, Ulrike Brecht, Rene Fitterer, Andreas Klein
  • Publication number: 20090281777
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method that includes providing tasks associated with a process, one or more of the tasks having a corresponding undetermined inter-dependency between the one or more of the tasks and other of the tasks, associating with the process one or more constraints specifying requirements regarding use of at least one of the tasks, the one or more constraints having corresponding graphical representations, and generating an instance of the process based on the one or more constraints to determine the corresponding undetermined inter-dependency between at least one of the one or more of the tasks and the other tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: Stefan Baeuerle, Marita Kruempelmann, Marek Kowalkiewicz, Ruopeng Lu, Sonia Lippe
  • Publication number: 20090228886
    Abstract: A system may include a composition engine that is configured to include a receiving engine that is configured to receive a series of states and transitions from an object lifecycle. The composition engine may include a computation engine that is configured to compute actions from the transitions and to compute preconditions and effects for the actions from the states. The composition engine may include a relations engine that is configured to compute relations between the actions and a parallel process engine that is configured to generate a parallel process fragment that includes at least two of the actions based on the relations between the actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Marek Kowalkiewicz, Tobias Felbecker
  • Publication number: 20090150900
    Abstract: An occurrence of a workflow re-evaluation event during execution of tasks in a workflow is identified. In response to the workflow re-evaluation event, it is determined for each task previously executed in the workflow whether such task needs to be executed again. Those tasks in the workflow for which it was determined that the corresponding task needs to be executed again are executed again, while the tasks in the workflow that were previously executed and for which it was not determined that the corresponding task needs to be executed again are skipped. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Marek Kowalkiewicz, Stefan Baeuerle, Marita Kruempelmann, Ruopeng Lu