Patents by Inventor Oliver Hoffmann
Oliver Hoffmann 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).
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Publication number: 20230227063Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for the fully automated guidance of a motor vehicle by a vehicle system in a driving situation of at least one driving situation class, wherein the vehicle system has a control device and accesses position data of a position sensor. The method starts with providing a traffic rule database in which traffic rule sets for a plurality of geographic regions are stored in a machine-readable formal language and which can be accessed by the control device, and determining a geographical region currently traveled by the motor vehicle based on the current position data and retrieving a traffic rule set for the currently traveled geographical region from the traffic rule database via the control device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: David Alexander BADOUIN, Mohamed Essayed BOUZOURAA, Oliver HOFFMANN, Aykut BAYKARA, Denny MARX
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Publication number: 20230061787Abstract: Systems and processes for calculating sustainability footprints and controlling associated systems are provided herein. Activity data may be received for an organization, and emissions factors may be determined for the activity data. Absolute, relative, and/or average relative footprints may be calculated for the organization based on the activity data and the emissions factors. An indication of the absolute, relative, and/or average relative footprints may be generated for display on a graphical user interface of a computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: SAP SEInventors: Stefan Feickert, Rupert Lange, Ramana Mohanbabu, Frank Oliver Hoffmann, Arkadiy Syamtomov, Ranjit Alapati, Nisheeth Agarwal, Swarnava Chatterjee
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Patent number: 11520548Abstract: In a method for simulating a printing process of print jobs in a digital high-capacity printing system with print server and printing apparatus having a plurality of modules: a simulation state of the printing apparatus is activated by (e.g. a user of) a monitoring module of the digital high-capacity printing system, a print job is started with print data at the print server by the monitoring module, the print data is transferred to the printing apparatus, printing is simulated by supplying unrastered print data to an image raster computer of the printing apparatus while data is withdrawn from the image raster computer, and feedback is provided to the monitoring module of the digital high-capacity printing system about the occurrence of an error message. The speed of the removal may correspond to the print speed.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Canon Production Printing Holding B.V.Inventors: Gerhard Brandl, Leo Graf, Oliver Hoffmann, Oelzner Frank
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Publication number: 20210109698Abstract: In a method for simulating a printing process of print jobs in a digital high-capacity printing system with print server and printing apparatus having a plurality of modules: a simulation state of the printing apparatus is activated by (e.g. a user of) a monitoring module of the digital high-capacity printing system, a print job is started with print data at the print server by the monitoring module, the print data is transferred to the printing apparatus, printing is simulated by supplying unrastered print data to an image raster unit of the printing apparatus while data are withdrawn from the image raster, wherein the speed of the removal corresponds to the print speed, feedback is provided to the monitoring module of the digital high-capacity printing system about the occurrence of an error message.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicant: Canon Production Printing Holding B.V.Inventors: Gerhard Brandl, Leo Graf, Oliver Hoffmann, Oelzner Frank
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Patent number: 9906367Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems and methods for providing end-to-end tamper protection in a cloud integration environment. One example method includes receiving, at a receiver in a cloud-based integration scenario, a B2B communication from a sender including data associated with a business transaction, the received communication in a target format. The cloud-based integration system transforms the original communication in a source format into the target format of the receiver. A digitally-signed sender fingerprint of critical fields extracted from the set of data associated with the at least one business transaction in the source format of the original B2B communication are received and verified as signed by the sender. A receiver fingerprint in the target format is generated using the critical fields from the received communication based on a pre-defined algorithm. The sender fingerprint and the generated receiver fingerprint are compared to determine if they are identical.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: SAP SEInventors: Frank Oliver Hoffmann, Christian Becker
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Publication number: 20160070517Abstract: In a method to print a source PDF file with at least one reference to an external object, initially determining whether at least one reference to an external object is included in the source PDF file. If so, a target PDF file is generated wherein, in addition to information of the source PDF file, all referenced external objects are included in the target PDF file in an embedded form. The target PDF file is converted into print data and the target PDF file is printed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicant: Oce Printing Systems GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Oliver Hoffmann, Robert Wallner
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Publication number: 20160043868Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems and methods for providing end-to-end tamper protection in a cloud integration environment. One example method includes receiving, at a receiver in a cloud-based integration scenario, a B2B communication from a sender including data associated with a business transaction, the received communication in a target format. The cloud-based integration system transforms the original communication in a source format into the target format of the receiver. A digitally-signed sender fingerprint of critical fields extracted from the set of data associated with the at least one business transaction in the source format of the original B2B communication are received and verified as signed by the sender. A receiver fingerprint in the target format is generated using the critical fields from the received communication based on a pre-defined algorithm. The sender fingerprint and the generated receiver fingerprint are compared to determine if they are identical.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2014Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Frank Oliver Hoffmann, Christian Becker
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Patent number: 9147139Abstract: In a method or system for processing a color print image for digital printing at a predetermined printing apparatus, the print image is deconstructed into color separations according to characteristic color curves of the printing apparatus. The color separations are stored in a data unit as greyscale bitmap images and at least one of a color code and color values are associated with each color separation in the data unit. The print image encoded in the data unit is presented at a display device for monitoring or management before printout at the printing apparatus, the print image being presented at the display device by means of at least one of the color code and color values associated with the respective color separations such that the individual color separations are transparently superimposed.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2014Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: Océ Printing Systems GmbH & CO. KGInventors: Robert Wallner, Oliver Hoffmann
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Publication number: 20140240729Abstract: In a method or system for processing a color print image for digital printing at a predetermined printing apparatus, the print image is deconstructed into color separations according to characteristic color curves of the printing apparatus. The color separations are stored in a data unit as greyscale bitmap images and at least one of a color code and color values are associated with each color separation in the data unit. The print image encoded in the data unit is presented at a display device for monitoring or management before printout at the printing apparatus, the print image being presented at the display device by means of at least one of the color code and color values associated with the respective color separations such that the individual color separations are transparently superimposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: Robert Wallner, Oliver Hoffmann
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Publication number: 20140074968Abstract: Techniques for managing nodes include receiving a message from a particular tenant of a plurality of tenants; identifying a particular node of a plurality of nodes that is based on the message and that is mapped to the particular tenant, each node providing one or more functionalities and each tenant mapped to one or more nodes; identifying a particular version, of one or more versions, of the particular node that is based on the message, the particular tenant mapped to each version of the particular node; and providing the message to the particular version of the particular node.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: SAP AGInventors: ULF FILDEBRANDT, FRANK OLIVER HOFFMANN, ANDRE HILDEBRANDT, OLIVER KIESELBACH
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Patent number: 8661107Abstract: A computer program product tangibly embodied in a computer readable storage device includes a business network meta model comprising entity objects configured to generate interactive representations of a business network, including at least a business application representation and an information technology representation.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: SAP AGInventors: Frank Oliver Hoffmann, Joerg Ackermann, Christoph Liebig, Till Westmann, Ankur Bhatt, Christian Illenberger, Gunther Rothermel, Daniel Ritter
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Patent number: 8595344Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes displaying virtualization level options for a business network to a user, the virtualization level options including at least: a first virtualization level option that includes externalizing interaction logic in the business network, a second virtualization level option that includes virtualizing content in the business network, and a third virtualization level option that includes virtualizing components in the business network. The method includes receiving a selection by the user of at least one of the virtualization level options. The method includes initiating a virtualization process in the business network according to the selected virtualization level option.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2010Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: SAP AGInventors: Ankur Bhatt, Christoph Liebig, Frank Oliver Hoffmann
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Publication number: 20120102171Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes displaying virtualization level options for a business network to a user, the virtualization level options including at least: a first virtualization level option that includes externalizing interaction logic in the business network, a second virtualization level option that includes virtualizing content in the business network, and a third virtualization level option that includes virtualizing components in the business network. The method includes receiving a selection by the user of at least one of the virtualization level options. The method includes initiating a virtualization process in the business network according to the selected virtualization level option.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: SAP AGInventors: Ankur Bhatt, Christoph Liebig, Frank Oliver Hoffmann
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Publication number: 20120089685Abstract: A computer program product tangibly embodied in a computer readable storage device includes a business network meta model comprising entity objects configured to generate interactive representations of a business network, including at least a business application representation and an information technology representation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2010Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: SAP AGInventors: Frank Oliver Hoffmann, Joerg Ackermann, Christoph Liebig, Till Westmann, Ankur Bhatt, Christian Illenberger, Gunther Rothermel, Daniel Ritter
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Publication number: 20120089534Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: receiving metadata about a business network, the metadata gathered by computer-based entities performing automated discovery of the business network; generating a business network model based on the metadata, the business network model comprising objects and associations between them, the objects representing aspects of the business network found by the automated discovery, including at least: participants, systems, relationships, applications, interfaces, middleware, process steps, and documents; and modifying the business network model based on at least one input.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2010Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: SAP AGInventors: Christoph Liebig, Ankur Bhatt, Gunther Rothermel, Joerg Ackermann, Daniel Ritter, Frank Beunings, Frank Oliver Hoffmann
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Patent number: 7895349Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer systems and program products implementing a messaging protocol. The messaging protocol may be a messaging protocol for transporting a message across a messaging landscape in a collaborative network. Techniques include sending a message that is defined to include a structured message header with information related to at least one component from a set of components defined by a protocol, including protocol version information in a message such that a component of a messaging landscape can interpret the message based on the version information, defining a message as one of a class of messages, end-to-end acknowledgement for messages, and security for headers and payloads of messages.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: SAP AktiengesellschaftInventors: Frank Oliver Hoffmann, Juergen Frank, Steven T. Winkler, Christoph Hofmann
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Publication number: 20100138508Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer systems and program products implementing a messaging protocol. The messaging protocol may be a messaging protocol for transporting a message across a messaging landscape in a collaborative network. Techniques include sending a message that is defined to include a structured message header with information related to at least one component from a set of components defined by a protocol, including protocol version information in a message such that a component of a messaging landscape can interpret the message based on the version information, defining a message as one of a class of messages, end-to-end acknowledgement for messages, and security for headers and payloads of messages.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2009Publication date: June 3, 2010Inventors: Frank Oliver Hoffmann, Juergen Frank, Steven T. Winkler, Christoph Hofmann
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Patent number: 7680945Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer systems and program products implementing a messaging protocol. The messaging protocol may be a messaging protocol for transporting a message across a messaging landscape in a collaborative network. Techniques include sending a message that is defined to include a structured message header with information related to at least one component from a set of components defined by a protocol, including protocol version information in a message such that a component of a messaging landscape can interpret the message based on the version information, defining a message as one of a class of messages, end-to-end acknowledgement for messages, and security for headers and payloads of messages.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2004Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: SAP AGInventors: Frank Oliver Hoffmann, Juergen Frank, Steven T. Winkler, Christoph Hofmann
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Publication number: 20080309153Abstract: In a dual-circuit hydraulic motorcycle brake system with two hand or foot-operated master cylinders, at the commencement of the pump operation in one of the brake circuits, the change-over valve (20) and/or the separating valve (19) of that brake circuit assume a switching position in which the pressure which can be generated by the pump (9) is prevented from causing a reactive effect on the associated hand-operated or foot-operated master brake cylinder (7, 13). To this end, the separating valve (19) in the brake line may be switched to a closed or throttling position, while the change-over valve (20) in the suction path is closed. Alternatively, both the change-over valve (20) and the separating valve (19) can be opened at the same time so that the pump conveys brake fluid in a circle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2006Publication date: December 18, 2008Inventors: Alfred Eckert, Oliver Hoffmann
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Patent number: 7337872Abstract: A hydraulic power steering system with a steering gear and a hydraulic actuator for supporting a steering wheel actuation by the driver of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, includes components for actively applying an additional steering torque, the components for actively applying an additional steering torque including at least one additional torque actuator and a steering torque detector being mounted as a module on a steering wheel shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2003Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Jürgen Böhm, Steffen Linkenbach, Oliver Hoffmann, Joachim Nell, Andreas Schirling, Norman Muth, Johannes Görlach