Patents Assigned to Sap AG
  • Patent number: 8650534
    Abstract: A system may include acquisition of metadata defining a first object model, the first object model comprising an instance of a metaobject, acquisition of enhancement object metadata defining one or more enhancements to the first object model and associating each of the one or more enhancements with one of one or more stable anchors of the first object model, and creation, based on the metadata defining the object model and the metadata defining the one or more enhancements, of metadata defining an extended object model, the extended object model comprising an instance of the metaobject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Tilmann David Kopp, Ralf Schroth, Daniel Zoch, Renzo Colle, Thomas Hammer
  • Publication number: 20140040320
    Abstract: Tools and techniques for performing a mass change to data are described. Attribute values in a data set can be replaced or overwritten based on a user request. The user request can be based on user selections and inputs made via a user interface. The user can limit the attribute values that are replaced based on attribute, attribute value, and/or other designation. The user interface can facilitate user execution of the mass change by presenting lists of attribute values and/or attributes to the user for selection. The list of attribute values can be limited based on a user designation of data elements for mass change. A mass change component can be configured to control directly or indirectly the user interface or portions thereof. The mass change component can initiate the mass change of the data, based on the user selections and inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Walter
  • Publication number: 20140039968
    Abstract: In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, a system and methods are provided for managing a business process flow based on business process constraints for structured business activities and collaborative process demands for unstructured business activities while maintaining a collaboration stream between the structured and unstructured business activities. The systems and methods may include integrating a collaboration business process integration model with a collaboration metadata model by aligning the business process constraints for the structured business activities with the collaborative process demands for the unstructured business activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Bare Said, Frank Brunswig, Klaus Herter
  • Publication number: 20140040453
    Abstract: A downtime calculator for a computer network system has a downtime request module, a user activity computation engine, and a downtime computation engine. The downtime request module receives attributes of a downtime request for the computer network system. The user activity computation engine determines activities of the computer network system based on geographic regions and local times of users accessing the computer network system. The downtime computation engine calculates a recommended downtime of the computer network system based on the attributes of the downtime request and user activities on the computer network system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventor: Vinod Vijayakumaran
  • Publication number: 20140040217
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for evaluating a validity of an extended status and action management (SAM) schema. In some implementations, actions include receiving the extended SAM schema, the extended SAM schema being stored as a computer-readable document in memory and being an extension of a core SAM schema, providing one or more goals, each goal representing an intention of the core SAM schema, the one or more goals being provided in a computer-readable document stored in memory and comprising one or more primary goals that each express an intention of a process underlying the core SAM schema, and processing the one or more goals using a computer-executable model checking tool for evaluating the validity of the extended SAM schema.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Jens Lemcke, Andreas Friesen, Bernhard Thimmel, Piergiorgio Bertoli, Marco Pistore, Otfried von Geisau
  • Publication number: 20140041023
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for preventing a clickjacking attack on a web page. Implementations include inhibiting rendering of content of the web page, receiving a message from an embedding web page, the embedding web page having called the web page, the message including metadata, and determining whether the embedding web page is trusted based on the metadata, wherein rendering of content of the web page remains inhibited if the embedding web page is untrusted, and rendering of content of the web page is executed if the embedding web page is trusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Lekies, Martin Johns
  • Publication number: 20140040249
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for automatically checking and acting on one or more claims. Implementations include actions of receiving claim information associated with one or more claims, wherein each of the one or more claims includes a factual claim, processing the claim information based on a domain vocabulary to identify at least one of one or more keywords and one or more categories, for each claim of the one or more claims: identifying one or more facts relevant to the claim, and determining an accuracy of the claim based on the one or more facts generating a confidence score reflecting an overall confidence in the one or more claims based on respective accuracies, and transmitting at least one of the one or more claims and the confidence score for display in a graphical user interface (GUI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Karsten Ploesser, Alexander Dreiling
  • Publication number: 20140040313
    Abstract: A system and method of record matching using regular expressions and finite state representations. In this manner, the time (or computational effort) involved in record matching is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Mohammad Shami, Kevin Wright
  • Publication number: 20140040200
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a mediation object in a target system, one or more replication requests from a source system, where the replication requests include requests to replicate data on the target system from one or more source objects located at the source system. The mediation object collects and stores data from the source objects of the source system as part of the replication requests. The mediation object determines when data from the source objects of the source system are complete and processes completed data from the source objects of the source system by distributing the data to one or more target objects in the target system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Matthias Richter, Thomas Moser, Fabian Guenther
  • Publication number: 20140040082
    Abstract: The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, computer-readable media, and computer systems for flexible exposure lifecycle management. One computer-implemented method includes defining at least one custom exposure lifecycle, wherein the at least one custom exposure lifecycle includes at least one custom exposure category and at least one custom exposure activity, receiving exposure category data associated with the at least one custom exposure category, receiving exposure activity data associated with the at least one custom exposure activity, mapping, by operation of at least one computer, the received exposure category data with one of a required set of transaction categories associated with a required exposure lifecycle, and mapping, by operation of at least one computer, the received exposure activity data with one of a required set of transaction activities associated with the required exposure lifecycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Klaus Mueller, Andy Peichl, Sebastian Noetzel
  • Publication number: 20140040869
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for call graph analysis is provided. The method includes determining a plurality of nodes in a call graph. The plurality of nodes represent resource consumption of functions of a software program executed in a software system. A simplification factor is determined. A first set of nodes in the plurality of nodes is then eliminated based on exclusive values for the plurality of nodes, inclusive values for the plurality of nodes, and the simplification factor. An inclusive value for a node is a first amount of resources consumed by the node and any descendent nodes of that node. An exclusive value for the node is a second amount of resources consumed by the node. A simplified call graph is output including a second set of nodes in the plurality of nodes. The second set of nodes does not include the eliminated first set of nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Cheolman Park, Chan Young
  • Publication number: 20140040590
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing large write-once tables are described. In some embodiments, a relational database management system includes a space allocation module that utilizes both a logical space allocation scheme, as well as a physical space allocation scheme, to allocate space in units (e.g., pages) having two different sizes—small pages and big pages. For instance, small pages are logically allocated with a conventional converter module, which manages a converter table for mapping logical pages to physical pages, while big pages are physically allocated with an object directory manager, which manages big objects comprised of big pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventor: Ivan Schreter
  • Publication number: 20140040867
    Abstract: Various embodiments include at least one or systems, methods, and software providing abilities to automatically generate a test plan that mitigates risk involved in testing less than an entirety of a software system following modification. Some embodiments operate to allow a user to influence the scope of an optimized test plan while also reducing a number of tests and test execution effort involved. Such embodiments may identify portions of the software system to test and portions of the software system that will not be tested in a manner that reduces a total testing effort involved. Reductions in testing effort are performed in generation of the test plan in view of testing preferences which are utilized not only to reduce the total effort in executing a test plan, but also does so to optimize the test plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Marcus Wefers, Reinhold Konnerth, Thierry Lieu, Abdelhak Nezzari, Michael Schaffrath, Torsten Kamenz, Andreas Kemmler
  • Publication number: 20140040344
    Abstract: Users of network-based collaborative applications can be notified in real-time based on workflow changes or notifications. In one embodiment, a persistent icon can be displayed that is visible from different pages in the application. The persistent icon can be visible from any page in the application on an application toolbar. When a notification or workflow request is posted, the persistent icon can be dynamically updated in real time, and without the need for refreshing the currently displayed view. Additionally, notification and workflow requests can be sent to multiple users simultaneously. When a notification or request is received, a counter can be incremented indicating a number of unread notifications or requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Florian Gehring, Sabine Finke, Christian Ortmann, Christian Kirschnick, Gerald Reinhard
  • Patent number: 8645905
    Abstract: This disclosure provides various embodiments for searching one or more repositories hosting, storing, or maintaining a plurality of development artifacts. A search query for development artifacts is received through an interface of an integrated development environment, the search query identifying at least one search term. An index is used to identify a set of search results, the index identifying a plurality of development artifacts and including context data identifying, for each development artifact in the plurality of development artifacts, at least one attribute of the respective development artifact. The set of search results identify a subset of the plurality of development artifacts determined to potentially relate to the at least one search term. At least a portion of the set of search results are presented to a user, the listing including at least one development artifact in the subset of the plurality of development artifacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventor: Ralf Halbedel
  • Patent number: 8645181
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for integrating services in a calendar application via the meeting request functionality of calendar programs comprising: initiating one or multiple services, wherein the initiation may involve the transmission of calendar event information from the calendar application to the service, the service requests being sent as meeting request e-mails to one or more service e-mail addresses, each service e-mail address representing a service, receiving the update requests generated by the one or multiple services, the update requests being meeting request response e-mails or one or multiple second meeting request e-mails processing the received update requests, and updating the calendar application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Jens Lehmann, David Sommer
  • Patent number: 8645228
    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 freight order, a maintenance plan, a maintenance task list, a request for supplier freight quote, and/or a supplier freight quote business object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Ahmed Daddi Moussa, Oliver Dannat, Ruediger Fritz, Thomas Roesch, Torsten Schmitt, Andreas Schoknecht, Michael Schweitzer
  • Patent number: 8645922
    Abstract: In one embodiment the present invention includes a computer-implemented method of measuring bottlenecks in a computer program implemented in a hardware client-server environment. The method includes defining an execution parameter to measure of the hardware client-server environment. The method further includes modifying code blocks to include instrumentation code. The instrumentation code relates to the execution parameter. The method further includes executing, in the hardware client-server environment, the code blocks having been modified. The method further includes generating instrumentation data, related to the execution parameter, that result from executing the code blocks. The method further includes outputting the instrumentation data having been generated. In this manner, the bottlenecks may be measured; the measured bottlenecks may be sorted; noteworthy bottlenecks may be identified; and the aspects of the hardware client-server environment may be adjusted to address the bottlenecks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventor: Samir A. Zeort
  • Patent number: 8645483
    Abstract: A system may include generation of a markup language representation of a business document based on a business object model, and generation of a first multi-part MIME electronic mail message comprising a first part and a second part, the first part associated with a text content-type and the second part associated with an attachment content-disposition, and the second part comprising the markup language representation of the business document. The first electronic mail message may be transmitted to a business application platform associated with the business document and implementing the business object model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Jens Odenheimer, Peter Eberlein
  • Patent number: 8644755
    Abstract: Managing offline presentation of learning material may include associating identification strings with various portions of the learning material. When a learner is presented with the learning materials, identification strings associated with the learning materials may also be presented to the learner. The progress of the learner with respect to the learning materials may be identified based on the identification strings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Rouven Krebs, Christian Hochwarth