Patents by Inventor Frank Godeby

Frank Godeby 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: 8001020
    Abstract: A system and method for maintaining budget related transactions in a financial management system. A financial management system may include a general ledger to maintain account balances and a budgetary ledger to maintain account balances only for budget related transactions. The budgetary ledger may generate a budgetary ledger document, which contains budget related transactions. The budgetary ledger may further include a core to enable generation of the budgetary ledger document, and an extension to define rules associated with generation of the budgetary ledger document. The budgetary ledger may then post the budgetary ledger document to the general ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hahn, Frank Godeby
  • Patent number: 7937303
    Abstract: A system and method for managing grants received from one or more sponsors is proposed. The grants management system receives a transaction request and retrieves data associated with the transaction request from a data cube. The grants management system then determines, from the perspective of the sponsors, if the transaction request satisfies administrative and financial requirements imposed by the sponsors. If the administrative and financial requirements are satisfied, the transaction request is admitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Gerardo Kobeh, Frank Godeby, James Keith Harmon, Joseph Thompson
  • Publication number: 20090313149
    Abstract: A system and method for maintaining budget related transactions in a financial management system. A financial management system may include a general ledger to maintain account balances and a budgetary ledger to maintain account balances only for budget related transactions. The budgetary ledger may generate a budgetary ledger document, which contains budget related transactions. The budgetary ledger may further include a core to enable generation of the budgetary ledger document, and an extension to define rules associated with generation of the budgetary ledger document. The budgetary ledger may then post the budgetary ledger document to the general ledger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang HAHN, Frank GODEBY
  • Patent number: 7599865
    Abstract: A system and method for maintaining budget related transactions in a financial management system. A financial management system may include a general ledger to maintain account balances and a budgetary ledger to maintain account balances only for budget related transactions. The budgetary ledger may generate a budgetary ledger document, which contains budget related transactions. The budgetary ledger may further include a core to enable generation of the budgetary ledger document, and an extension to define rules associated with generation of the budgetary ledger document. The budgetary ledger may then post the budgetary ledger document to the general ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hahn, Frank Godeby
  • Patent number: 7289974
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for data reconciliation. In one embodiment, information identifying data sources to be reconciled may be received. Data may be retrieved from a first data source based on a dynamic link identifying data in the first data source and data from a second data source may be retrieved based on a dynamic link identifying data in the second data source. A first portion of a reconciliation rule may be processed using the retrieved data from the first data source to generate a first result. A second portion of the reconciliation rule may be processed using the retrieved data from the second data source to generate a second result. The first result may be compared with the second result. If the first result matches the second result, it may be confirmed that data in the first data source is reconciled with the data in the second data source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Frank Godeby, Wolfgang Hahn, James Tasker
  • Publication number: 20050144079
    Abstract: A system and method for maintaining budget related transactions in a financial management system. A financial management system may include a general ledger to maintain account balances and a budgetary ledger to maintain account balances only for budget related transactions. The budgetary ledger may generate a budgetary ledger document, which contains budget related transactions. The budgetary ledger may further include a core to enable generation of the budgetary ledger document, and an extension to define rules associated with generation of the budgetary ledger document. The budgetary ledger may then post the budgetary ledger document to the general ledger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hahn, Frank Godeby
  • Publication number: 20050071262
    Abstract: A system and method for managing grants received from one or more sponsors is proposed. The grants management system receives a transaction request and retrieves data associated with the transaction request from a data cube. The grants management system then determines, from the perspective of the sponsors, if the transaction request satisfies administrative and financial requirements imposed by the sponsors. If the administrative and financial requirements are satisfied, the transaction request is admitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Gerardo Kobeh, Frank Godeby, James Harmon, Joseph Thompson
  • Publication number: 20050055324
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for data reconciliation. In one embodiment, information identifying data sources to be reconciled may be received. Data may be retrieved from a first data source based on a dynamic link identifying data in the first data source and data from a second data source may be retrieved based on a dynamic link identifying data in the second data source. A first portion of a reconciliation rule may be processed using the retrieved data from the first data source to generate a first result. A second portion of the reconciliation rule may be processed using the retrieved data from the second data source to generate a second result. The first result may be compared with the second result. If the first result matches the second result, it may be confirmed that data in the first data source is reconciled with the data in the second data source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Frank Godeby, Wolfgang Hahn, James Tasker