Patents by Inventor Bernhard Then

Bernhard Then 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: 10402308
    Abstract: A method of extending the functionality of an enterprise software suite is disclosed. A request is received from a client system to modify a programming object on a productive system deployed in the cloud environment. A logical unit of programming objects is identified on the productive system, the logical unit including the programming object. Copies of each of the programming objects in the logical unit of programming objects are created in a sandbox of a combined development and test system deployed in the cloud environment, the copies including a copy of the programming object. The copy of the programming object is modified in the sandbox. A result of the modifying of the copy of the programming object in the sandbox is communicated for presentation in a client system without modifying the programming object on the productive system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Thomas Wieczorek, Thomas Schneider, Thomas Bollmeier, Michael Kappert, Bernhard Then, Lu Zhao, Sandro Schiefner
  • Publication number: 20170168918
    Abstract: A method of extending the functionality of an enterprise software suite is disclosed. A request is received from a client system to modify a programming object on a productive system deployed in the cloud environment. A logical unit of programming objects is identified on the productive system, the logical unit including the programming object. Copies of each of the programming objects in the logical unit of programming objects are created in a sandbox of a combined development and test system deployed in the cloud environment, the copies including a copy of the programming object. The copy of the programming object is modified in the sandbox. A result of the modifying of the copy of the programming object in the sandbox is communicated for presentation in a client system without modifying, the programming object on the productive system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Wieczorek, Thomas Schneider, Thomas Bollmeier, Michael Kappert, Bernhard Then, Lu Zhao, Sandro Schiefner