Patents Assigned to SAP Atkiengesellschaft
  • Event-based communication in a distributed item tracking system
    Patent number: 6843415
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for communicating item disposition information between publishers and subscribers such as RFID tag readers and item tracking systems. Event routers can be used to distribute the information and an extended object naming service can be used to locate event routers. The items being tracked can have a hierarchical relationship with each other. Subscribers can choose to subscribe only to events relating to items at a particular level of the hierarchy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: SAP Atkiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Hartmut K. Vogler