Patents by Inventor Diane Schmidt

Diane Schmidt 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: 12536320
    Abstract: Systems and processes for managing access to personal data based on a purpose for storing the personal data are provided. In a method for managing personal data access, personal data for a data subject corresponding to a first data category is received, and an operation is executed in a purpose agent to associate one or more purposes to the personal data, where the one or more purposes are assigned to the first data category and include at least a first purpose. The personal data may be stored in a data storage system, and the stored personal data may be designated as being associated with the one or more purposes. Access to the personal data may be controlled based on the one or more purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Carsten Pluder, Diane Schmidt, Volker Lehnert, Martina Knoedler, Thorsten Bruckmeier, Philipp Alexander Zikesch, Bernhard Drittler, Matthias Vogel, Katrin Ludwig, Naved Ahmed, Saritha Palli, Shweta Sureshchandra Gupta, Arun Kumar Gowd, Dev Karan Ahuja, Shwetha H S
  • Patent number: 12216780
    Abstract: Computer-readable media, methods, and systems are disclosed for providing purpose-based processing of data. A purpose agent assigns one or more purposes to a set of data such that access to the set of data may be restricted to a select few specifically authorized entities based on an assigned purpose. A retention period for storing the data is determined based on the assigned purpose. When the retention period expires the data is deleted from a data store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Diane Schmidt, Carsten Pluder
  • Publication number: 20250013602
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for data privacy. One example method includes performing a processing action for a data subject for a purpose using a set of data categories that are associated with the purpose. The purpose has a retention period and is a parent purpose in a purpose hierarchy with at least one dependent purpose as a child purpose of the purpose. Dependent purpose retention periods and dependent purpose data categories are determined for each dependent purposes as respective subsets of the set of data categories. In response to an end of purpose for the purpose, data of the set of data categories is blocked. Data in the set of data categories that are not dependent purpose data categories is retained according to the retention period and data of each dependent purpose data category is retained according to a corresponding dependent retention period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Stefan Hesse, Matthias Vogel, Benny Rolle, Carsten Pluder, Volker Lehnert, Diane Schmidt, Martina Knoedler
  • Publication number: 20230385449
    Abstract: Systems and processes for managing access to personal data based on a purpose for storing the personal data are provided. In a method for managing personal data access, personal data for a data subject corresponding to a first data category is received, and an operation is executed in a purpose agent to associate one or more purposes to the personal data, where the one or more purposes are assigned to the first data category and include at least a first purpose. The personal data may be stored in a data storage system, and the stored personal data may be designated as being associated with the one or more purposes. Access to the personal data may be controlled based on the one or more purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: SAP SE
    Inventors: Carsten Pluder, Diane Schmidt, Volker Lehnert, Martina Knoedler, Thorsten Bruckmeier, Philipp Alexander Zikesch, Bernhard Drittler, Matthias Vogel, Katrin Ludwig, Naved Ahmed, Saritha Palli, Shweta Sureshchandra Gupta, Arun Kumar Gowd, Dev Karan Ahuja, Shwetha H S
  • Publication number: 20230185938
    Abstract: Computer-readable media, methods, and systems are disclosed for providing purpose-based processing of data. A purpose agent assigns one or more purposes to a set of data such that access to the set of data may be restricted to a select few specifically authorized entities based on an assigned purpose. A retention period for storing the data is determined based on the assigned purpose. When the retention period expires the data is deleted from a data store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Diane Schmidt, Carsten Pluder
  • Publication number: 20060175392
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and system for generating a calendar comprising a variable definition of days. The variable definition of days may correspond to an assignment of varying combinations of interest day types to days represented by the calendar. The interest day types may affect how interest is calculated on a corresponding day.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Diane Schmidt, Markus Lippe
  • Publication number: 20050080694
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a computer-implemented method and system for managing intra-day interest calculation on a bank account. The embodiments provide for control of and support for interest calculations that, instead of being based on daily end-of-day account balances, are based on a plurality of net account balances as determined for a plurality of points in time within a day.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventor: Diane Schmidt