Patents by Inventor Bernhard F. Kuhn

Bernhard F. Kuhn 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).

  • Providing payment software application as enterprise services
    Patent number: 8538864
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a service architecture design that provides enterprise services having payment 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: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Martin Von Der Emde, Thomas Hoffmann, Dietmar Nowotny, Jan Penning, Bernhard F. Kuhn
  • Architectural design for expense reimbursement application software
    Patent number: 8401936
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing expense reimbursement. 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 Expense and Reimbursement Management process component, a Due Item Processing process component, a Payment Processing process component, a Payroll Processing process component, and an Accounting process component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Jan Penning, Bernhard F. Kuhn, Andreas Reccius, Thomas Hoffmann, Fabian Guenther
  • ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT APPLICATION SOFTWARE
    Publication number: 20090171818
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing expense reimbursement. 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 Expense and Reimbursement Management process component, a Due Item Processing process component, a Payment Processing process component, a Payroll Processing process component, and an Accounting process component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Jan Penning, Bernhard F. Kuhn, Andreas Reccius, Thomas Hoffmann, Fabian Guenther
  • Providing payment software application as enterprise services
    Publication number: 20070233598
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a service architecture design that provides enterprise services having payment 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: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Martin Von Der Emde, Thomas Hoffmann, Dietmar Nowotny, Jan Penning, Bernhard F. Kuhn