Patents by Inventor Georg Dopf

Georg Dopf 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).

  • Financial reporting system integrating market segment attributes and accounting data
    Patent number: 10325276
    Abstract: Financial reporting methods and systems integrate profitability and accounting data. A universal journal entry allows user definition of relevant characteristics for a market segment. The entry appends the structure of a financial document to provide linkage to market segment characteristics. When creating the financial document including profit and loss (P&L) and balance account line items, a market segment is defined with determined characteristics stored in the line item on the basis of business process dependent rules. For example in posting information on a sales order item, sales order data may be read, and customer, product, and/or other sales order information input. Additional data can be derived on the basis of the determined master data, depending upon user needs. Embodiments allow enriched reporting (e.g., flexible market segment reporting) at the line item level, affording intuitive access to defined characteristics, e.g., drill-down into details of P&L and balance account information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Stefan Walz, Joachim Welte, Frank Zeisberger, Joachim Kenntner, Christiane Cramer, Peter Himmighoefer, Georg Dopf
  • Extension ledger
    Patent number: 10019763
    Abstract: A system stores financial accounting data in a Base ledger, together with overlying extension ledger(s). An engine receives both generic financial data, and financial data utilized for specific purposes. Utilizing a mapping table the engine stores in an underlying Base ledger, the generic financial data (e.g., a fixed asset acquisition). The engine stores in overlying extension ledgers, specific financial data (e.g., a linear asset depreciation and/or an declining balance method of asset depreciation) derived from that generic data. This reduces memory footprint by persisting the generic data in one location only. The stored data may be read utilizing dataviews combining data from Base and extension ledgers. A recursive algorithm may evaluate chain(s) of ledgers. Embodiments may be particularly suited to store in the Base ledger generic financial data common to multiple accounting principles (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Georg Dopf, Michael Conrad, Stefan Gauger, Joachim Kenntner, Joachim Liebler, Ruediger Raubeck, Andreas Reccius, Thomas Schachner, Thomas Schneider, Radim Sykora
  • LINE ITEM BASED DATA EXTRAPOLATION AND SIMULATION
    Publication number: 20180114265
    Abstract: A system, medium, and method for extrapolating financial data based on line items of a transactional system, the method including receiving a request to determine a key indicator for a period having a future end date; obtaining financial data representing at least one of an accurate account of: actual posted data for the period, costs and revenues data, recurring entries, extraordinary postings that occur strictly in the time period, and effects of closing activities due to a closing of the period on the future end date, all of the financial data being based on line item entries in financial data model including an accurate record of financial details for an organization; generating a key indicator for the period; and presenting, in response to the request, a record of the generated key indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Georg Dopf
  • Extension Ledger
    Publication number: 20160371790
    Abstract: A system stores financial accounting data in a Base ledger, together with overlying extension ledger(s). An engine receives both generic financial data, and financial data utilized for specific purposes. Utilizing a mapping table the engine stores in an underlying Base ledger, the generic financial data (e.g., a fixed asset acquisition). The engine stores in overlying extension ledgers, specific financial data (e.g., a linear asset depreciation and/or an declining balance method of asset depreciation) derived from that generic data. This reduces memory footprint by persisting the generic data in one location only. The stored data may be read utilizing dataviews combining data from Base and extension ledgers. A recursive algorithm may evaluate chain(s) of ledgers. Embodiments may be particularly suited to store in the Base ledger generic financial data common to multiple accounting principles (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Georg Dopf, Michael Conrad, Stefan Gauger, Joachim Kenntner, Joachim Liebler, Ruediger Raubeck, Andreas Reccius, Thomas Schachner, Thomas Schneider, Radim Sykora
  • Financial Reporting System Integrating Market Segment Attributes and Accounting Data
    Publication number: 20160292704
    Abstract: Financial reporting methods and systems integrate profitability and accounting data. A universal journal entry allows user definition of relevant characteristics for a market segment. The entry appends the structure of a financial document to provide linkage to market segment characteristics. When creating the financial document including profit and loss (P&L) and balance account line items, a market segment is defined with determined characteristics stored in the line item on the basis of business process dependent rules. For example in posting information on a sales order item, sales order data may be read, and customer, product, and/or other sales order information input. Additional data can be derived on the basis of the determined master data, depending upon user needs. Embodiments allow enriched reporting (e.g., flexible market segment reporting) at the line item level, affording intuitive access to defined characteristics, e.g., drill-down into details of P&L and balance account information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Stefan Walz, Joachim Welte, Frank Zeisberger, Joachim Kenntner, Christiane Cramer, Peter Himmighoefer, Georg Dopf
  • Consistent set of interfaces derived from a business object model
    Patent number: 8924269
    Abstract: A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Michael Seubert, Andre Wagner, Andreas Brossler, Andreas Leukert-Knapp, Andreas Poth, Arno Eifel, Axel Kuehl, Benjamin Klehr, Danny Pannicke, Frank Reinemuth, Georg Dopf, Georg Podhajsky, Giovanni Deledda, Gunther Liebich, Jochen Steinbach, Klaus Reinelt, Klaus Schlappner, Martin Gaub, Martin Schorr, Martin Von der Emder, Michael Sylvester, Ralf Schliehe-Diecks, Robert Bieber, Robert Doerner, Robert Reiner, Rudolf Winkel, Sergey Alekseev, Stefan Adelmann, Stefan Franke, Tanjana Preiser-Funke, Thilo Kraehmer, Thomas Hoffmann, Thomas Nitschke, Werner Gnan, Yongbin He, Anil Joshi Jetti, Christian Saalfrank, Sunsil S. Parvatikar, Sabine Montnacher
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AND REPORTING FINANCIAL INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20140012717
    Abstract: Methods and system consistent with the present invention facilitate the management of financial information. Such methods and systems may receive transaction data, store the transaction data as a line item in a day ledger, receive a request for a report, the request indicating a financial figure, such as an average daily balance, to be generated over a specified time interval, and generate, substantially in real-time or during run-time per the request, a report with the financial figure over the specified time interval using data from the day ledger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Danny PANNICKE, Artur BERLINGER, Georg DOPF
  • Systems and methods for managing and reporting financial information
    Patent number: 8510182
    Abstract: Methods and system consistent with the present invention facilitate the management of financial information. Such methods and systems may receive transaction data, store the transaction data as a line item in a day ledger, receive a request for a report, the request indicating a financial figure, such as an average daily balance, to be generated over a specified time interval, and generate, substantially in real-time or during run-time per the request, a report with the financial figure over the specified time interval using data from the day ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Danny Pannicke, Artur Berlinger, Georg Dopf
  • Providing accounting software application as enterprise services
    Patent number: 8442850
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having accounting functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Martin Schorr, Michael Sylvester, Georg Dopf, Dirk Henrich, Gunther Liebich, Michael Conrad, Andreas Reccius, Markus Klein, Michael Hohendorf, Andrea Roesinger, Rainer Soltek, Juergen Kind, Ralf Dinkel, Peter Von Zimmermann, Daniel Bock, Udo Laub, Thomas Schachner, Gerald Paetzold, Kai-Michael Roesner, Edwin Himmelsbach, Torsten Bachmann, Volker Faisst, Otfried Von Geisau, Michael Meyringer, Ralf Klein, Dieter Krisch
  • Provision of data for data warehousing applications
    Patent number: 8315974
    Abstract: A computer network architecture for making procurement-related information that has been generated on a transaction level available to data warehousing techniques is described. The network includes a transaction processing layer with at least one accounting component with a general ledger data base for centrally storing information contained in accounted-related data sets, a data warehousing layer and an additional data sourcing layer. A duplicator receives the data sets that will be or have been stored in the general ledger data base and delivers duplicates of those data sets that fulfil a predefined criteria in a procurement context. A source data base stores the duplicated data sets on a data line level. An extractor of the data sourcing layer interfaces with the data warehousing layer and selectively moves data contained in data lines or sets of data lines from the source data base to the data warehousing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Karsten Bruening, Georg Dopf, Stefan Gauger, Danny Pannicke, Rolf Schumann, Peter Schwarz, Juergen Alfred Seyfried, Andreas Reccius
  • Systems and methods for generating an accounting document
    Patent number: 7987121
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating an accounting document. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided. A message is received that includes operational data. An accounting notification is generated that includes the operational data using a first business object. The accounting notification is processed and the accounting document is generated using a second business object. The accounting document includes a number of posting lines corresponding to the operational data. The accounting document is processed and a set of third business objects is assigned to each posting line. The set of third business objects includes at least one general ledger account business object and a plurality of sub-ledger account business objects. One or more data processing tasks are delegated to the one of the third business objects that are assigned to the given posting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Michael Conrad, Christiane Cramer, Georg Dopf, Olaf Duevel, Stefan Gauger, Dirk Henrich, Michael Hohendorf, Franz-Joachim Hoeckenreiner, Markus Klein, Gerald Paetzold, Andreas Reccius, Harald Roedel, Kai-Michael Roesner, Joachim Welte
  • Systems and methods for creating a database for accounting purposes
    Patent number: 7747490
    Abstract: A database is created for accounting purposes, which can be used to prepare financial statements according to various statutory accounting principles. According to one method, document data records are saved from posting documents to a document database. The document data records include a document header and a data part. The data part includes entries for at least two items each of which comprises a posting amount and an account assigned thereto. Calculation of totals from one or more posting amounts of the document data records are saved for the accounts assigned thereto. The totals are saved to totals entries of a totals table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Kerstin Bernet, Werner Liebold, Georg Dopf
  • PROVISION OF DATA FOR DATA WAREHOUSING APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20090132612
    Abstract: A computer network architecture for making procurement-related information that has been generated on a transaction level available to data warehousing techniques is described. The network includes a transaction processing layer with at least one accounting component with a general ledger data base for centrally storing information contained in accounted-related data sets, a data warehousing layer and an additional data sourcing layer. A duplicator receives the data sets that will be or have been stored in the general ledger data base and delivers duplicates of those data sets that fulfil a predefined criteria in a procurement context. A source data base stores the duplicated data sets on a data line level. An extractor of the data sourcing layer interfaces with the data warehousing layer and selectively moves data contained in data lines or sets of data lines from the source data base to the data warehousing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Karsten BRUENING, Georg Dopf, Stefan Gauger, Danny Pannicke, Rolf Schumann, Peter Schwarz, Juergen Alfred Seyfried, Andreas Reccius
  • Provision of data for data warehousing applications
    Patent number: 7480671
    Abstract: A computer network architecture for making procurement-related information that has been generated on a transaction level available to data warehousing techniques is described. The network includes a transaction processing layer with at least one accounting component with a general ledger data base for centrally storing information contained in accounted-related data sets, a data warehousing layer and an additional data sourcing layer. A duplicator receives the data sets that will be or have been stored in the general ledger data base and delivers duplicates of those data sets that fulfill a predefined criteria in a procurement context. A source data base stores the duplicated data sets on a data line level. An extractor of the data sourcing layer interfaces with the data warehousing layer and selectively moves data contained in data lines or sets of data lines from the source data base to the data warehousing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Karsten Bruening, Georg Dopf, Stefan Gauger, Danny Pannicke, Rolf Schumann, Peter Schwarz, Juergen Alfred Seyfried, Andreas Reccius
  • Consistent set of interfaces derived from a business object model
    Publication number: 20080120129
    Abstract: A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Seubert, Achim Heger, Adam Polly, Alexander Adam, Alexander Zaichenko, Alexandra Mark, Andre Doerfler, Andre Wachholz-Prill, Andre Wagner, Andrea Pluemper, Andreas Bold, Andreas Brossler, Andreas Huppert, Andreas Leukert-Knapp, Andreas Morsch, Andreas Neumann, Andreas Poth, Andreas Reccius, Andreas Wolber, Antje Fuchs, Antonia Gross, Arno Eifel, Artur Butucel, Arunava Banerjee, Ashwin Yeddula, Axel Kuehl, Benjamin Klehr, Bernd Schmitt, Bjoern Eike, Boris Krems, Christian Auth, Christian Fuhlbruegge, Christiane Cramer, Christiane Schauerte, Christopher Engler, Cristina Buchholz, Damian Theil, Daniel Bock, Daniel Zimmermann, Danny Pannicke, Dieter Krisch, Dietmar Nowotny, Dirk Henrich, Dirk Richtsteiger, Dirk Schindewolf, Doris Karbach, Frank Damaschke, Frank Hastrich, Frank Krueger, Frank Lindqvist, Frank Milpetz, Frank Reinemuth, Galina Pacher, Georg Dopf, Georg Podhajsky, Giovanni Deledda, Guimei Zhang, Gunther Liebich, Heike Berger, Hendrik Geipel, Horst Schaude, Ingo Bruss, Ingo Pfitzner, Jaakob Kind, Jan Hrastnik, Jan Richert, Joachim Liebler, Joachim Puteick, Jochen Steinbach, Joerg Goetting, Johannes Bechtold, Julian Schmidt-Kluegmann, Kai-Michael Roesner, Karsten Kimme, Karsten Koetter, Kathrin Nos, Klaus Herter, Klaus Reinelt, Klaus Schlappner, Kristina Grunewald, Levente Sara, Markus Juchem, Martin Gaub, Martin Hermes, Martin Rogge, Martin Schorr, Mathias Schoenecker, Matthias Asal, Matthias Heinrichs, Matthias Schmitt, Michael Bauer, Michael Conrad, Michael Hartel, Michael Jung, Michael Schier, Michael Segler, Michael Sylvester, Naci Kalyoncu, Olaf Meincke, Oliver Grande
  • Systems and methods for generating an accounting document
    Publication number: 20080004998
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating an accounting document. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided. A message is received that includes operational data. An accounting notification is generated that includes the operational data using a first business object. The accounting notification is processed and the accounting document is generated using a second business object. The accounting document includes a number of posting lines corresponding to the operational data. The accounting document is processed and a set of third business objects is assigned to each posting line. The set of third business objects includes at least one general ledger account business object and a plurality of sub-ledger account business objects. One or more data processing tasks are delegated to the one of the third business objects that are assigned to the given posting line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Conrad, Christiane Cramer, Georg Dopf, Olaf Duevel, Stefan Gauger, Dirk Henrich, Michael Hohendorf, Franz-Joachim Hoeckenreiner, Markus Klein, Gerald Paetzold, Andreas Reccius, Harald Roedel, Kai-Michael Roesner, Joachim Welte
  • Providing accounting software application as enterprise services
    Publication number: 20070233541
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having accounting functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Martin Schorr, Michael Sylvester, Georg Dopf, Dirk Henrich, Gunther Liebich, Michael Conrad, Andreas Reccius, Markus Klein, Michael Hohendorf, Andrea Roesinger, Rainer Soltek, Juergen Kind, Ralf Dinkel, Peter Zimmermann, Daniel Bock, Udo Laub, Thomas Schachner, Gerald Paetzold, Kai-Michael Roesner, Edwin Himmelsbach, Torsten Bachmann, Volker Faisst, Otfried Geisau, Michael Meyringer, Ralf Klein, Dieter Krisch
  • Systems and methods for creating a database for accounting purposes
    Publication number: 20050278295
    Abstract: A database is created for accounting purposes, which can be used to prepare financial statements for the organizational units of an enterprise. According to one method, document data records are saved from posting documents to a document database. The document data records include a document header and a data part. The data part includes entries for at least two items each of which include a posting amount and an account assigned thereto. Totals may be calculated from one or more posting amounts of the document data records saved, for the accounts assigned thereto. Furthermore, the totals may be saved to totals entries of a totals table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Kerstin Bernet, Werner Liebold, Georg Dopf, Ruediger Raubeck, Andreas Reccius
  • Systems and methods for creating a database for accounting purposes
    Publication number: 20050267825
    Abstract: A database is created for accounting purposes, which can be used to prepare financial statements according to various statutory accounting principles. According to one method, document data records are saved from posting documents to a document database. The document data records include a document header and a data part. The data part includes entries for at least two items each of which comprises a posting amount and an account assigned thereto. Calculation of totals from one or more posting amounts of the document data records are saved for the accounts assigned thereto. The totals are saved to totals entries of a totals table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Kerstin Bernet, Werner Liebold, Georg Dopf
  • Systems and methods for managing and reporting financial information
    Publication number: 20050222945
    Abstract: Methods and system consistent with the present invention facilitate the management of financial information. Such methods and systems may receive transaction data, store the transaction data as a line item in a day ledger, receive a request for a report, the request indicating a financial figure, such as an average daily balance, to be generated over a specified time interval, and generate, substantially in real-time or during run-time per the request, a report with the financial figure over the specified time interval using data from the day ledger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Danny Pannicke, Artur Berlinger, Georg Dopf