Patents by Inventor Franz-Josef Stortz

Franz-Josef Stortz 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: 9658845
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described that involve creating a where-used objects list that contains a set of provider's objects to be adjusted or tested in a customized program after an upgrade of a program, import of projects, patches, and so on. A set of contracts is created that corresponds to the set of provider's objects used in the customer system. Each contract contains information about the provider's object it is created for and assigned to. This information is used by a lifecycle tool to detect if a provider's object has been changed by comparing the contract information of the provider's object with a new imported version of the same provider's object. The provider's object is modified according to the detected change and the assigned contract is recreated to represent the latest data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Michael Acker, Franz-Josef Stortz, Juergen Remmel
  • Patent number: 9286270
    Abstract: In some example embodiments, a computerized method includes receiving multiple documents from at least one machine-readable media. The multiple documents have a hierarchical relationship relative to each other. The multiple documents include a first document, wherein a second document of the multiple documents comprises an enhancement to first document. The enhancement is at least one of a replacement of part of the first document or an addition to the first document. The computerized method includes displaying the multiple documents on a display screen such that the multiple documents are arranged according to the hierarchical relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Michael Acker, Rainer Andreas Dattke, Thomas Rohmann, Andrew Golledge, Roland Kraemer, Michael Schneider, Franz-Josef Stortz
  • Publication number: 20100162104
    Abstract: In some example embodiments, a computerized method includes receiving multiple documents from at least one machine-readable media. The multiple documents have a hierarchical relationship relative to each other. The multiple documents include a first document, wherein a second document of the multiple documents comprises an enhancement to first document. The enhancement is at least one of a replacement of part of the first document or an addition to the first document. The computerized method includes displaying the multiple documents on a display screen such that the multiple documents are arranged according to the hierarchical relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Michael Acker, Rainer Andreas Dattke, Thomas Rohmann, Andrew Golledge, Roland Kraemer, Michael Schneider, Franz-Josef Stortz