Patents by Inventor Manfred Ostertag

Manfred Ostertag 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).

  • Information exchange tool
    Patent number: 8443050
    Abstract: Mining human capital information includes defining one or more attributes of a communication group, extracting a target group by searching one or more of explicit and implicit data sources according to the defined attributes, communicating with the extracted target group, logging at least some of the communications, and analyzing the logged communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: SAP Aktiengsellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Ostertag, William M. Sambrooke
  • INFORMATION EXCHANGE TOOL
    Publication number: 20120221370
    Abstract: Mining human capital information includes defining one or more attributes of a communication group, extracting a target group by searching one or more of explicit and implicit data sources according to the defined attributes, communicating with the extracted target group, logging at least some of the communications, and analyzing the logged communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: SAP Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Ostertag, William M. Sambrooke
  • Information exchange tool
    Patent number: 8200770
    Abstract: Mining human capital information includes defining one or more attributes of a communication group, extracting a target group by searching one or more of explicit and implicit data sources according to the defined attributes, communicating with the extracted target group, logging at least some of the communications, and analyzing the logged communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: SAP Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Ostertag, William M. Sambrooke
  • Information exchange tool
    Publication number: 20080228857
    Abstract: Mining human capital information includes defining one or more attributes of a communication group, extracting a target group by searching one or more of explicit and implicit data sources according to the defined attributes, communicating with the extracted target group, logging at least some of the communications, and analyzing the logged communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Manfred Ostertag, William M. Sambrooke
  • Establishing dynamic communication group by searching implicit information that is obtained through inference
    Patent number: 7395316
    Abstract: Mining human capital information includes defining one or more attributes of a communication group, extracting a target group by searching one or more of explicit and implicit data sources according to the defined attributes, communicating with the extracted target group, logging at least some of the communications, and analyzing the logged communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: SAP Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Ostertag, William M. Sambrooke
  • Analytical survey system
    Publication number: 20050060219
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide integrated, flexible, automated and secure functionality for surveys such as E-surveys. In one embodiment, responsive to an indicator of business performance, a segment of E-survey results data corresponding to the indicator may be extracted. The extracted segment may be compared to an aggregate set of E-survey results data. Any E-survey results data from the extracted segment that statistically differ from responding results data from the aggregate set by a predetermined amount may be identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Franz Deitering, Manfred Ostertag, Mathias Schoenecker
  • Information exchange tool
    Publication number: 20050015362
    Abstract: Mining human capital information includes defining one or more attributes of a communication group, extracting a target group by searching one or more of explicit and implicit data sources according to the defined attributes, communicating with the extracted target group, logging at least some of the communications, and analyzing the logged communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Manfred Ostertag, William Sambrooke