Patents by Inventor Bernhard Thimmel
Bernhard Thimmel 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).
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Patent number: 8706776Abstract: A design-time status schema model is defined at design-time and includes a core status schema group and an. a status schema model. The status schema model includes a core status schema group and an extended status schema group. The status schema model also includes a precondition included in one of the status schema groups. The precondition identifies how a status affects whether an action included in the other of the status schema groups is to be allowed to be performed at runtime by a data object node instance having the status. Based on a status schema instance, the status of a data object node instance is monitored to determine whether the action is allowed to be performed by the data object node instance. In response to a determination that the action is allowed, enabling the action to be executed.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2009Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: SAP AGInventors: Frank Michael Kraft, Bernhard Thimmel, Uwe Schlarb, Wasim Sadiq
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Patent number: 8694557Abstract: A system may include acquisition of metadata defining a first object model including extensible entities, the first object model comprising an instance of a metaobject, acquisition of metadata defining an extension object model, the extension object model to extend at least one of the extensible entities of the first object model, and merging of the object model and the extension object to create metadata defining an extended object model, the extended object model comprising an instance of the metaobject.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: SAP AGInventors: Bernhard Thimmel, Adam Polly, Uwe Schlarb, Stefan A. Baeuerle
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Publication number: 20140040217Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: SAP AGInventors: Jens Lemcke, Andreas Friesen, Bernhard Thimmel, Piergiorgio Bertoli, Marco Pistore, Otfried von Geisau
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Publication number: 20130275389Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for evaluating a validity of a status and action management (SAM) schema. In some implementations, actions include receiving the SAM schema, the SAM schema being stored as a computer-readable document in memory, providing one or more goals, each goal representing an intention of the SAM schema, the one or more goals being provided in a computer-readable document stored in memory and including one or more primary goals and one or more recovery goals that each express an intention of a process underlying the SAM schema, and processing the one or more goals using a computer-executable model checking tool for evaluating the validity of the SAM schema.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2012Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: SAP AGInventors: Jens Lemcke, Bernhard Thimmel, Otfried von Geisau, Andreas Friesen, Piergiorgio Bertoli, Marco Pistore
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Patent number: 8522261Abstract: A design-time status schema model describes the progress of a data object through a computing process. The status schema model includes status variables, processing actions and constraints for performing actions. The status schema model also may describe permitted changes to a status variable in response to performing an action. At runtime, the status schema model is used to control processing performed by, or on, an instance of a data object corresponding to the status schema model.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2006Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: SAP AGInventors: Frank Michael Kraft, Guenter Pecht-Seibert, Klaus Meyer, Bernhard Thimmel, Patrick Josef Bardroff, Gregor Schilberth, Wasim Sadiq
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Patent number: 8504980Abstract: Data changes during transaction processing by a computer system are constrained. An outbound processing sub-component of a first processing component is enabled to change a value of a status variable relating to processing performed on a data object instance by the first processing component. The data object instance includes values for variables and methods capable of being performed by the data object instance. The outbound processing sub-component is configured to trigger subsequent processing steps in a second processing component. The outbound processing sub-component is permitted to change only the status variable and is not permitted to change any other variable.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2008Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: SAP AGInventors: Frank Michael Kraft, Bernhard Thimmel, Stefan Baeuerle, Robert Getzner
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Patent number: 8489640Abstract: A system may include reception of a definition of an extension field to be added to a business object node, generation of metadata for a data type enhancement object associated with the extension field, and generation of an ABAP dictionary proxy object based on the data type enhancement object, wherein the ABAP dictionary proxy object describes the extension field in a sub-structure of a first field of the ABAP dictionary proxy object.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2010Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: SAP AGInventors: Uwe Schlarb, Stefan A. Baeuerle, Bernhard Thimmel, Matthias Lehr, Karsten Fanghänel, Johannes Haselberger, Anne Jacobi, Bertram Vielsack
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Publication number: 20130086174Abstract: A computer system includes instructions recorded on a computer-readable storage medium and executable by at least one processor. The computer system includes a process component of a first deployment unit and a component module. The process component has a handling module and an object module. The handling module is operatively coupled to the object module. The handling module is operatively coupled to the component module. The handling module is configured to receive a message from a second deployment unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: SAP AGInventors: Frank Brunswig, Daniel Goldmann, Bare Said, Jan Teichmann, Stefan Baeuerle, Robert Getzner, Bernhard Thimmel
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Patent number: 8392573Abstract: Transporting of flexibility changes of customer content between tenants in a multi-tenant computing system can be performed by exporting customer content from a first tenant of the multi-tenant computing system, transporting the customer content exported from the first tenant to a second tenant of the multi-tenant computing system, importing the customer content into a staging area in the second tenant to enable a user associated with second tenant to access the customer content via the staging area based on a content extraction trigger, and activating selected customer content from the staging area in a productive component of the second tenant. The content extraction trigger can characterize an extraction of at least some of the customer content from the staging area. Related methods, systems, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2010Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: SAP AGInventors: Matthias Lehr, Stefan Baeuerle, Karsten Fanghaenel, Bernhard Thimmel, Uwe Schlarb, Olaf Meincke, Volker Driesen, Juergen Specht
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Publication number: 20130036252Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for providing value help. In one aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method. The method may include receiving, at a code list provider, a request from a user interface for code list value help; determining, based on the request, whether to access at least one of a cache and a secondary storage; accessing, by the code list provider, a cache including at least a first code list, the cache implemented in memory, when the determination results in access to the cache; accessing a secondary storage including at least a second code list, when the determination results in access to the secondary storage; and sending, by the code list provider, at least one of the first code list and the second code list to a user interface to enable the user interface to provide code list value help. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Inventors: Olaf Duevel, Udo Klein, Friedhelm Krebs, Steffen Riemann, Bernhard Thimmel
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Patent number: 8365200Abstract: A computer system, in which cancellation status models are used. The computer system receives a request to cancel a parent data object node instance and accesses a first cancellation building block that models a first cancellation subprocess for the first type of data object node and that is integrated in a first status schema defined for the first type of data object node. The computer system executes cancellation of the parent data object node instance by accessing data that indicates whether or not a child data object node instance is able to be cancelled and conditioning cancellation of the parent data object node instance on the accessed data indicating that the child data object node instance is able to be cancelled.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2009Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: SAP AGInventors: Bernhard Thimmel, Frank Michael Kraft, Jacques Duparc
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Publication number: 20120174081Abstract: A computer implemented method for providing code list extensibility includes providing a first code data type representation. The first code data type representation corresponding to a first code data type and having a first code value representation for at least one code value. The at least one code value associated with a corresponding code value issuing entity. The method may also include providing a second code data type representation. The second code data type representation corresponding to the first code data type and having a second code value representation for the at least one code value. The second code value representation including a unique identifier associated with the code value issuing entity. The method also may include mapping the first code data type representation and the second code data type representation based at least in part on the unique identifier associated with the code value issuing entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: SAP AGInventors: Bernhard Thimmel, Friedhelm Krebs, Andreas Bold, Daniel Zoch, Ralf Dentzer, Uwe Schlarb, Dirk Richtsteiger
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Publication number: 20120166928Abstract: A program and corresponding method allow for the enablement of customizable extension fields into a form template, independent of the field type of the extension field. New extension fields corresponding to section headers of the form template can be created and added to a user interface. A new extension field can drive the form template and be added to all applicable section headers in the form template from the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: SAP AGInventors: Andre Stern, Saikrishna Gollapudi, Frank Erle, Uwe Schlarb, Visvapriya Sathiyam, Vinit Kumar, Ritesh Kumar Dokania, Christoph Birkenhauer, Stefan Baeuerle, Bernhard Thimmel, Matthias Lehr, Sathish Babu Krishna Vihar, Karsten Fanghänel
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Patent number: 8200715Abstract: Techniques are described for using a design-time status schema model to describe the progress of a data object through a computing process. The status schema model includes status variables, processing actions and constraints for performing actions. The status schema model also includes preconditions for performing actions and a modeling element where the modeling element indicates a process step for a business process where the process step can be switched on and off at runtime. A precondition belonging to the process step identifies how a status affects whether an action is to be allowed to be performed at runtime by a data object node instance having the status. At runtime, the status schema model is used to control processing performed by, or on, an instance of a data object corresponding to the status schema model. The precondition is evaluated at runtime only if the process step is switched on.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2009Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: SAP AGInventors: Frank Michael Kraft, Bernhard Thimmel, Wasim Sadiq
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Patent number: 8122063Abstract: A design-time status schema model describes the progress of a data object through a computing process. The status schema model includes status variables, processing actions and constraints for performing actions. The status schema model also may describe permitted changes to a status variable in response to performing an action. At runtime, the status schema model is used to control processing performed by, or on, an instance of a data object corresponding to the status schema model.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2006Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: SAP AGInventors: Frank Michael Kraft, Guenter Pecht-Seibert, Klaus Meyer, Bernhard Thimmel, Patrick Josef Bardroff, Gregor Schilberth, Wasim Sadiq
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Publication number: 20120030580Abstract: According to some embodiments, a business service provider may define a stable user interface anchor entity associated with a business object data structure. A reference field may be associated with the stable user interface anchor, the reference field representing a path to a persistent node of the business object data structure. An end user adaptation to a user interface may then be applied in connection with the business object data structure, the adaptation referencing the stable user interface anchor entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2010Publication date: February 2, 2012Inventors: Uwe Schlarb, Ioannis Grammatikakis, Gregor Karl Frey, Matthias Lehr, Markus Viol, Stefan A. Baeuerle, Bernhard Thimmel, Karsten Fanghinel
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Publication number: 20120030312Abstract: Transporting of flexibility changes of customer content between tenants in a multi-tenant computing system can be performed by exporting customer content from a first tenant of the multi-tenant computing system, transporting the customer content exported from the first tenant to a second tenant of the multi-tenant computing system, importing the customer content into a staging area in the second tenant to enable a user associated with second tenant to access the customer content via the staging area based on a content extraction trigger, and activating selected customer content from the staging area in a productive component of the second tenant. The content extraction trigger can characterize an extraction of at least some of the customer content from the staging area. Related methods, systems, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2010Publication date: February 2, 2012Inventors: Matthias Lehr, Stefan Baeuerle, Karsten Fanghaenel, Bernhard Thimmel, Uwe Schlarb, Olaf Meincke, Volker Driesen, Juergen Specht
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Publication number: 20120023445Abstract: According to some embodiments, information about a delta change package may be received. The delta change package may be, for example, associated with a customer extension project to be applied to content from a business service provider. A description tag for the delta change package may be received from a user, and the delta change package may be associated with the description tag in a repository of the business service provider.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Stefan A. Baeuerle, Uwe Schlarb, Bernhard Thimmel, Frank Jentsch, Jurgen Specht, Karsten Fanghänel, Matthias Lebr, Klaus Rauer
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Publication number: 20120023130Abstract: A system may include presentation, to a user, of a consuming business entity including a reference field of a business object, reception of an instruction from the user to add an extension field to the consuming business entity based on the reference field of the business object, determination of a second consuming business entity including the reference field of the business object, and presentation of the second consuming business entity to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Uwe Schlarb, Rene Dehn, Daniel Niehoff, Stefan A. Bauerle, Bernhard Thimmel, Matthias Lehr, Karsten Fanghänel, Klaus Rauer
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Publication number: 20120016910Abstract: A system may include reception of a definition of an extension field to be added to a business object node, generation of metadata for a data type enhancement object associated with the extension field, and generation of an ABAP dictionary proxy object based on the data type enhancement object, wherein the ABAP dictionary proxy object describes the extension field in a sub-structure of a first field of the ABAP dictionary proxy object.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2010Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventors: Uwe Schlarb, Stefan A. Baeuerle, Bernhard Thimmel, Matthias Lehr, Karsten Fanghänel, Johannes Haselberger, Anne Jacobi, Bertram Vielsack