Patents by Inventor Jie Cen

Jie Cen 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).

  • Flexible organizational hierarchy
    Patent number: 11036763
    Abstract: In one general aspect, a method and system are described for providing a flexible data hierarchy. The method may include obtaining a plurality of data sets, the plurality of data sets including system-defined attributes and user-defined attributes, generating, for each attribute in each data set, a field for receiving input, providing, in a user interface display, at least one data set of the plurality of data sets and the generated field for each attribute in the at least one data set, receiving, in two or more of the generated fields, a value indicating a sequence placement for a respective attribute associated with a respective field of the two or more generated fields, and automatically generating, for the attributes associated with the two or more fields having a value, at least one hierarchical structure according to the sequence placement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Jörg Franke, Manfred Crumbach, Hao Zhou, Hao Liu, Weicheng Mao, Nan Luo, Jie Cen
  • FLEXIBLE ORGANIZATIONAL HIERARCHY
    Publication number: 20190130012
    Abstract: In one general aspect, a method and system are described for providing a flexible data hierarchy. The method may include obtaining a plurality of data sets, the plurality of data sets including system-defined attributes and user-defined attributes, generating, for each attribute in each data set, a field for receiving input, providing, in a user interface display, at least one data set of the plurality of data sets and the generated field for each attribute in the at least one data set, receiving, in two or more of the generated fields, a value indicating a sequence placement for a respective attribute associated with a respective field of the two or more generated fields, and automatically generating, for the attributes associated with the two or more fields having a value, at least one hierarchical structure according to the sequence placement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Jörg Franke, Manfred Crumbach, Hao Zhou, Hao Liu, Weicheng Mao, Nan Luo, Jie Cen