Patents by Inventor Stephan Hetzer

Stephan Hetzer 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).

  • System for business suite and network integration
    Patent number: 9536213
    Abstract: A system includes a suite of business applications and an add-on module coupled to the suite of business applications. The add-on module is configured with Commerce eXtensible Markup Language (cXML) and is operable to enable the suite of business applications to communicate with a network using cXML and a direct web service call to the network. The network is configured to operate using cXML. The direct web service call uses no middleware between the suite of business applications and the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Lisa Sammer, Stephan Hetzer, Volker Wiechers, Florian Boehm, Peter Schwarze, Igor Wassiljew
  • SYSTEM FOR BUSINESS SUITE AND NETWORK INTEGRATION
    Publication number: 20150106483
    Abstract: A system includes a suite of business applications and an add-on module coupled to the suite of business applications. The add-on module is configured with Commerce eXtensible Markup Language (cXML) and is operable to enable the suite of business applications to communicate with a network using cXML and a direct web service call to the network. The network is configured to operate using cXML. The direct web service call uses no middleware between the suite of business applications and the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Lisa Sammer, Stephan Hetzer, Volker Wiechers, Florian Boehm, Peter Schwarze, Igor Wassiljew
  • Architectural design for customer returns handling application software
    Patent number: 8818884
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing customer returns handling. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include an Accounting process component, a Customer Return Processing process component, a Sales Order Processing process component, a Customer Invoice Processing process component, a Due Item Processing process component, a Balance of Foreign Payment Management process component, a Payment Processing process component, a Supply and Demand Matching process component, an Inventory Processing process component, a Site Logistics Processing process component, and an Inbound Delivery Processing process component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Peer Marschall, Anoop Kulkarni, Thomas Bach, Alexander Koegler, Thomas Nitschke, Andrea Sudbrack, Jochen Hirth, Stephan Hetzer, Holger Herrmann, Renzo Colle, Daniel Bock, Thomas Breitling
  • Consistent set of interfaces derived from a business object model
    Patent number: 8694397
    Abstract: Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a data processing system having a business object model reflecting the data used during a business transaction. Consistent interfaces are generated from the business object model. These interfaces are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Michael Seubert, Jochen Rasch, Axel Kuehl, Stefan Adelmann, Gabriel Alvarez, Markus Biehler, Daniel Bock, Andreas Bold, Andreas Brossler, Daniel Buchmann, Renzo Colle, Robert Doerner, Stefan Elfner, Stefan Franke, Werner Gnan, Antonia Gross, Toralf Grossmann, Gerhard Gschwender, Joerg Hendricks, Wolf Hengevoss, Stephan Hetzer, Christine Hofmann, Volker Jaeck, Bernhard Kelnberger, Johann Kemmer, Joachim Kenntner, Adam Kiwon, Karsten Koetter, Thilo Kraehmer, Corinne Kuster, Christoph Lehner, Werner Liebold, Thomas Maag, Otto Makris, Andreas Morsch, Wolfgang Nieswand, Thomas Nitschke, Dietmar Nowotny, Markus Peter, Georg Podhajsky, Dominic Poetschke, Uwe Pyka, Ruediger Radcke, Gregor Rieken, Volker Ripp, Gerd Ritter, Paola Sala, Daniela Schapler, Matthias Schmitt, Andreas Schneider, Arnulf Schueler, Dagmar Schultze, Reiner Seyler, Ralf Sievers, Gunther Stuhec, Frank Thome, Andre Wagner, Rudolf Winkel, Tao Yu, Jens Zachmann, Renato Zadro, Theo Zimmerman, Michael Zoeller
  • Architectural design for service request and order management application software
    Patent number: 8660904
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing service request and order management. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service interface operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include an Outbound Delivery process component, a Site Logistics Processing process component, a Confirmation and Inventory process component, a Customer Requirement Processing process component, a Supply and Demand Matching process component, a Logistics Execution Control process component, a Service Request Processing process component, a Customer Quote Processing process component, a Service Order Processing process component, a Service Contract process component, and a Service Confirmation Processing process component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Alexander Koegler, Joachim Barnbeck, Steffen Hartig, Hamid Moghaddam, Berthold Wocher, Peter Meuer, Christian Haas, Olivier M. Dreidemy, Sebastian Pulkowski, Matthias Schwarz, Attila Orban, Sabine Montnacher, Stephan Hetzer, Jochen Wickel, Jochen Hirth, Daniel Bock, Uwe Mayer, Jens Freund, Stefan Kaetker, Peter Latocha, Gerd Moosmann
  • Consistent set of interfaces derived from a business object model
    Patent number: 8655756
    Abstract: Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a data processing system having a business object model reflecting the data used during a business transaction. Consistent interfaces are generated from the business object model. These interfaces are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Michael Seubert, Jochen Rasch, Axel Kuehl, Gabriel Alvarez, Markus Biehler, Andreas Bold, Andreas Brossler, Daniel Buchmann, Renzo Colle, Stefan Elfner, Werner Gnan, Antonia Gross, Toralf Grossmann, Gerhard Gschwender, Joerg Hendricks, Wolf Hengevoss, Stephan Hetzer, Christine Hofmann, Volker Jaeck, Bernhard Kelnberger, Johann Kemmer, Joachim Kenntner, Karsten Koetter, Thilo Kraehmer, Corinne Kuster, Christoph Lehner, Thomas Maag, Otto Makris, Andreas Morsch, Wolfgang Nieswand, Thomas Nitschke, Markus Peter, Georg Podhajsky, Dominic Poetschke, Uwe Pyka, Ruediger Radcke, Gregor Rieken, Gerd Ritter, Paola Sala, Daniela Schapler, Matthias Schmitt, Andreas Schneider, Arnulf Schueler, Dagmar Schultze, Ralf Sievers, Gunther Stuhec, Frank Thome, Andre Wagner, Rudolf Winkel, Tao Yu, Jens Zachmann, Theo Zimmerman, Michael Zoeller
  • Consistent Interface for Outbound Delivery
    Publication number: 20140006300
    Abstract: A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to an outbound delivery business object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Stephan Hetzer, Amit Yaniv, Yossi Balan, Matan Fried, Andreas Bettin, Ingo Siebeking, Claudia Volke, Stefan Nasshan, Sridevi Ramachandran, Nicolae Ciumac, Philipp Obreiter, Anja Zoerkler
  • CONSISTENT INTERFACE FOR SITE LOGISTICS CONFIRMATION AND SITE LOGISTICS REQUEST
    Publication number: 20140006220
    Abstract: A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a site logistics confirmation and a site logistics request business object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Christopher Thiele, Vitor Eduardo Seifert Bazzo, Sedat Gueler, Patrick Josef Bardroff, Guimei Zhang, Benjamin Ringl, Wolfgang Barheine, Christoph Scheiber, Matthias Asal, Stephan Hetzer, Yaron Livneh, Elad Heart
  • Consistent Interface for Confirmed Inbound Delivery
    Publication number: 20140006305
    Abstract: A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a confirmed inbound delivery business object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Stephan Hetzer, Amit Yaniv, Zoya Pronyakova, Alexander Krasinskiy
  • Consistent set of interfaces derived from a business object model
    Patent number: 8606723
    Abstract: Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a data processing system having a business object model reflecting the data used during a business transaction. Consistent interfaces are generated from the business object model. These interfaces are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Michael Seubert, Jochen Rasch, Axel Kuehl, Stefan Adelmann, Gabriel Alvarez, Markus Biehler, Daniel Bock, Andreas Bold, Andreas Brossler, Daniel Buchmann, Renzo Colle, Robert Doerner, Stefan Elfner, Stefan Franke, Werner Gnan, Antonia Gross, Patrick Gross, Toralf Grossmann, Gerhard Gschwender, Joerg Hendricks, Wolf Hengevoss, Stephan Hetzer, Christine Hofmann, Volker Jaeck, Bernhard Kelnberger, Johann Kemmer, Joachim Kenntner, Adam Kiwon, Karsten Koetter, Thilo Kraehmer, Corinne Kuster, Christoph Lehner, Werner Liebold, Thomas Maag, Otto Makris, Andreas Morsch, Wolfgang Nieswand, Thomas Nitschke, Dietmar Nowotny, Markus Peter, Georg Podhajsky, Dominic Poetschke, Uwe Pyka, Ruediger Radcke, Frank Reinemuth, Gregor Rieken, Volker Ripp, Gerd Ritter, Paola Sala, Daniela Schapler, Matthias Schmitt, Andreas Schneider, Armulf Schueler, Dagmar Schultze, Reiner Seyler, Ralf Sievers, Gunther Stuhec, Frank Thome, Andre Wagner, Rudolf Winkel, Tao Yu, Jens Zachmann, Renato Zadro, Theo Zimmerman, Michael Zoeller
  • Architectural design for service request and order management application software
    Patent number: 8595077
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing service request and order management. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include an Outbound Delivery process component, a Site Logistics Processing process component, an Inventory Processing process component, a Customer Requirement Processing process component, a Supply and Demand Matching process component, a Logistics Execution Control process component, a Service Request Processing process component, a Service Order Processing process component, and a Service Confirmation Processing process component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Alexander Koegler, Hamid Moghaddam, Joachim Barnbeck, Michael Lesk, Matthias Schwarz, Christian Haas, Simon Dieterich, Alexandra Mark, Ralph Meiswinkel, Attila Orban, Bernhard May, Steffen Hartig, Thomas Breitling, Andrea Hahn, Olivier M. Dreidemy, Nir Pachter, Irena Kull, Klaus Reinelt, Jochen Hirth, Jochen Steinbach, Renzo Colle, Stephan Hetzer, Alexander Krasinskiy
  • Consistent interface for inbound delivery request
    Patent number: 8521621
    Abstract: A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to an inbound delivery request business object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Stephan Hetzer, Amit Yaniv, Zoya Pronyakova, Alexander Krasinskiy, Amir Baruch
  • Architectural design for make to stock application software
    Patent number: 8402426
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing a make to stock process. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service interface operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include an Accounting process component; a Production process component; a Site Logistics process component; a Confirmation and Inventory process component; a Customer Requirement Processing process component; a Demand Forecast Processing process component; a Supply and Demand Matching process component; a Production Trigger and Response process component; an In-house Requirement Processing process component; a Sales Scheduling Agreement Processing process component; and a Demand Planning process component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Shai Alfandary, Reiner Bildmayer, Achim Clemens, Andre Doerfler, Tim Gaiser, Stephan Hetzer, Ami Heitner, Jochen Hirth, Thorsten Kulick, Andreas Poth, Andreas Sandner, Jochen Steinbach, Martin J Wilmes, Jens Freund, Stefan Kaetker, Gerd Moosmann, Peter Latocha
  • Architectural design for plan-driven procurement application software
    Patent number: 8386325
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing plan-driven procurement. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include an Inbound Delivery Processing process component, a Site Logistics Processing process component, an Inventory Processing process component, a Purchase Request Processing process component, a Purchase Order Processing process component, a Purchasing Contract process component, a Supplier Invoice Processing process component, a Demand Forecast Processing process component, a Supply and Demand Matching process component, an External Procurement Trigger and Response process component, and a Logistics Execution Control process component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Daniel Bock, Achim Heger, Andre Wachholz-Prill, Andrea Sudbrack, Andreas Poth, Christian Ihrig, Christoph Engler, Cordula Ude, Dietmar Nowotny, Georg Podhajsky, Gerhard Maier, Gunther Liebich, Holger Herrmann, Imme Henningsen, Ingo Pfitzner, Jens Freund, Joachim Kenntner, Jochen Hirth, Jochen Steinbach, Jochen Wickel, Karina Herrmann, Katja Kasteleiner, Martin Wunsch, Martina Lahr, Michael Picht, Paola Sala, Peer Marschall, Rainer Heun, Ralf Reinke, Reiner Bildmayer, Stefan Adelmann, Stephan Hetzer, Tao Yu, Thomas Bach, Thomas Nitschke, Uwe Mayer, Volkmar Stegmann, Wilfried Merkel, Wilhelm Zwerger, Martin Von Der Emde
  • Computer readable medium for implementing supply chain control using service-oriented methodology
    Patent number: 8359218
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having supply chain control functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Andreas Poth, Stephan Hetzer, Achim Clemens, Bernhard Lokowandt, Alexander S. Adam, Christian Baeck, Martin J. Wilmes, Sabine Deimel, Renzo Colle, Andreas Bettin, Sascha Weber, Hao Zheng, Thomas Kretz, Volker Schott, Anton Ruskov Kaharkov, Jochen Steinbach, Thomas Gross-Boelting, Rainer Tomski, Sanjeev Mehta, Jens Freund, Frank Wagner
  • Providing logistics execution application as enterprise services
    Patent number: 8326706
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a service architecture design that provides enterprise services having logistics execution functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Achim Clemens, Stefan Moeller, Thomas Friedrich, Yair Ben-Shaul, Jochen Hirth, Wolfgang Barheine, Achim Heger, Stephan Hetzer, Andreas Bettin, Jochen Steinbach, Reiner Bildmayer, Jan Richert, Sergio Rozenszajn, Irena Kull, Shai Alfandary, Nir Pachter, Yuval Morad, Renzo Colle, Nico Apfelbach, Martin J. Wilmes, Sabine Deimel, Jens Freund, Frank Wagner
  • Architectural design for sell from stock application software
    Patent number: 8321250
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing sell from stock software useful to process quotations, capture orders, process delivery and invoice. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service operations, each being implemented for a respective process component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Nir Pachter, Thomas Bach, Cordula Ude, Tao Yu, Stefan Adelmann, Rainer Heun, Katja Kasteleiner, Andrea Sudbrack, Steffen Hartig, Ralf Reinke, Thomas Breitling, Sandra Boehringer, Daniel Pascariu, Theo Zimmermann, Martin Von Der Emde, Frank Krueger, Andreas Huppert, Andreas Bettin, Renzo Colle, Jochen Hirth, Thomas Hoffmann, Alexander Krasinskiy, Irena Kull, Klaus Reinelt, Jochen Steinbach, Stephan Hetzer
  • Architectural design for intra-company stock transfer application software
    Patent number: 8311904
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing intra-company stock transfer of physical inventory. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service operations, each implemented for a respective process component. The process components include a Supply and Demand Matching process, a Customer Requirement Processing process component, a Logistics Execution Control process component, a Site Logistics Processing process component, an Outbound Delivery Processing process component, an Inbound Delivery Processing process component, an Inventory Processing process component, a Production and Site Logistics Auxiliaries process component and a Freight Documents Processing process component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Jochen Steinbach, Andreas Poth, Achim Heger, Stephan Hetzer, Klaus Reinelt, Renzo Colle, Jens Freund
  • Managing Consistent Interfaces for Goods Tag, Production Bill of Material Hierarchy, and Release Order Template Business Objects across Heterogeneous Systems
    Publication number: 20110307353
    Abstract: A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a goods tag, a production bill of material hierarchy, and/or a release order template business object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Benjamin Ringl, Michael Hartel, Thomas Friedrich, Stefan Moeller, Sabine Seelenmeyer, Martin Schmidt, Frank O. Schulz, Sergio Rozenszajn, Martin J. Wilmes, Thilo Kraehmer, Werner Gnan, Michael Seubert, Jaakob Kind, Anna Kabala, Petra Meyer, Ingo Siebeking, Stefan Siebert, Rainer Tomski, Stephan Hetzer, Jochen Steinbach, Thomas Hammer
  • Quantity offsetting service
    Patent number: 7987187
    Abstract: Embodiments include a system for providing a set of services that retrieve requested data and calculate a requested value. The data retrieval service may traverse a set of related data structures such as data in a document or in a database to accumulate and return requested data. The data calculation service may determine an appropriate algorithm based on the data being processed and return a value. The data calculation service may call the data retrieval service to obtain the necessary data. These services may be independent services separate from other software applications. These services provide standard data determination and calculation functions across multiple applications and are accessible in a common software layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: SAP Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Hetzer, Charlotte Hullo, Jochen Hirth, Hans-Ulrich von Helmolt