Patents by Inventor Alexander Kuschner

Alexander Kuschner 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: 7778854
    Abstract: A system and method for managing channel partner responsibilities. According to an embodiment, an application receives an assignment of a responsibility to a channel partner or the channel partner's employees and assigns the responsibility thereto. According to another embodiment, an application receives a command by the brand owner to search for a channel partner or channel partner's employee based on responsibility data of the channel partner or the channel partner's employees, generates a search rule based on the command, executes the search rule in order to perform the search, and provides results of the search to the brand owner. According to another embodiment, in response to a command, an application searches a database for a channel partner to perform a job, selects a channel partner to perform the job whose responsibilities most closely match the job, and automatically dispatches the job to the selected channel partner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Oliver G. Strauch, Alexander Kuschner, Hermann J. Duengelhoef, Bernhard M. Hartenstein
  • Publication number: 20060259343
    Abstract: A system and method for managing channel partner responsibilities. According to an embodiment, an application receives an assignment of a responsibility to a channel partner or the channel partner's employees and assigns the responsibility thereto. According to another embodiment, an application receives a command by the brand owner to search for a channel partner or channel partner's employee based on responsibility data of the channel partner or the channel partner's employees, generates a search rule based on the command, executes the search rule in order to perform the search, and provides results of the search to the brand owner. According to another embodiment, in response to a command, an application searches a database for a channel partner to perform a job, selects a channel partner to perform the job whose responsibilities most closely match the job, and automatically dispatches the job to the selected channel partner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Oliver Strauch, Alexander Kuschner, Hermann Duengelhoef, Bernhard Hartenstein