Patents by Inventor Roland Kolata

Roland Kolata 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: 11762820
    Abstract: Techniques and solutions are described for converting data models between formats, such as between a conceptual data model and a physical data model for a database system, or between a conceptual data model and artefacts to be implemented in the database system. The conceptual data model is annotated with annotations that allow the physical data model or database artefacts to be automatically generated from the conceptual data model. The annotations can reflect relationships between entity types in the physical data model, such as inheritance relationships, header/item relationships, or one-to-one cardinality relationships. Annotations can also indicate attributes that should be added to entity types in the conceptual data model, such as attributes for versioning or data governance, that may not be used in the conceptual data model. Annotations can be used to determine how entity types in the conceptual data model will be denormalized in the physical data model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Jan Portisch, Bjoern Pantel, Benjamin Merkle, Stephan Schub, Sandra Bracholdt, Roland Kolata, Michael Hladik, Christoph Meinel
  • Publication number: 20220391363
    Abstract: Techniques and solutions are described for converting data models between formats, such as between a conceptual data model and a physical data model for a database system, or between a conceptual data model and artefacts to be implemented in the database system. The conceptual data model is annotated with annotations that allow the physical data model or database artefacts to be automatically generated from the conceptual data model. The annotations can reflect relationships between entity types in the physical data model, such as inheritance relationships, header/item relationships, or one-to-one cardinality relationships. Annotations can also indicate attributes that should be added to entity types in the conceptual data model, such as attributes for versioning or data governance, that may not be used in the conceptual data model. Annotations can be used to determine how entity types in the conceptual data model will be denormalized in the physical data model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: SAP SE
    Inventors: Jan Portisch, Bjoern Pantel, Benjamin Merkle, Stephan Schub, Sandra Bracholdt, Roland Kolata, Michael Hladik, Christoph Meinel
  • Patent number: 11442907
    Abstract: Techniques and solutions are described for converting data models between formats, such as between a conceptual data model and a physical data model for a database system, or between a conceptual data model and artefacts to be implemented in the database system. The conceptual data model is annotated with annotations that allow the physical data model or database artefacts to be automatically generated from the conceptual data model. The annotations can reflect relationships between entity types in the physical data model, such as inheritance relationships, header/item relationships, or one-to-one cardinality relationships. Annotations can also indicate attributes that should be added to entity types in the conceptual data model, such as attributes for versioning or data governance, that may not be used in the conceptual data model. Annotations can be used to determine how entity types in the conceptual data model will be denormalized in the physical data model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Jan Portisch, Bjoern Pantel, Benjamin Merkle, Stephan Schub, Sandra Bracholdt, Roland Kolata, Michael Hladik, Christoph Meinel
  • Publication number: 20210240675
    Abstract: Techniques and solutions are described for converting data models between formats, such as between a conceptual data model and a physical data model for a database system, or between a conceptual data model and artefacts to be implemented in the database system. The conceptual data model is annotated with annotations that allow the physical data model or database artefacts to be automatically generated from the conceptual data model. The annotations can reflect relationships between entity types in the physical data model, such as inheritance relationships, header/item relationships, or one-to-one cardinality relationships. Annotations can also indicate attributes that should be added to entity types in the conceptual data model, such as attributes for versioning or data governance, that may not be used in the conceptual data model. Annotations can be used to determine how entity types in the conceptual data model will be denormalized in the physical data model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: SAP SE
    Inventors: Jan Portisch, Bjoern Pantel, Benjamin Merkle, Stephan Schub, Sandra Bracholdt, Roland Kolata, Michael Hladik, Christoph Meinel
  • Publication number: 20160357787
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosures, systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable mediums having program instructions thereon, provide for a framework for automatically transferring metadata from different sources and different components of a computing platform. Further, the framework also provides for the seamless inclusion of additional metadata sources from the computing platform. The framework also provides for visualizing (e.g., modeling) the extracted metadata with a graphical user interface software application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Roland Kolata, Sandra Bracholdt, Volker Saggau
  • Publication number: 20140149360
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to methods and apparatuses implementing database-level consistency checking in a declarative manner. A consistency engine within the database layer may access one or more consistency rules in the form of a table or executable program code. Based upon application of these consistency rules to records comprising combinations of data characteristics, the consistency engine may determine the validity or invalidity those records. Consistency rules may implement a ‘check’ method, and also a ‘derive’ method allowing derivation of data characteristics (targets) in a record from other characteristics (sources) in the record. Filters may be used to split data records to sets of records having all fields assigned, and those having ‘not assigned’ fields. Consistency rules used for derivation methods can be nested. Also, in certain embodiments a consistency engine may use filtering techniques for constraint checking including multi-level derivations in a declarative way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Gregor Dieckmann, Roland Kolata, Ingo Raasch
  • Patent number: 8595095
    Abstract: In a banking application system including numerous banking applications, a data management framework allows for the generalized storage and subsequent access of result data. Through the application of the framework to the raw processing data generated by one of the banking applications, the result data is stored in a general storage location. Through this framework, the data is then readily accessible by all other banking applications. This framework includes a header field, characteristics data and key figure data. This removes proprietary restrictions on the data itself and thus makes it available to the other applications, increasing cross-system efficiency by allowing other applications to access and subsequently use the result data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Andreas S Borchardt, Dirk Endesfelder, Ralf M Handl, Michael Hladik, Roland Kolata, Ekkehard Lange, Christoph Meinel, Frank Raebiger
  • Publication number: 20070288374
    Abstract: In a banking application system including numerous banking applications, a data management framework allows for the generalized storage and subsequent access of result data. Through the application of the framework to the raw processing data generated by one of the banking applications, the result data is stored in a general storage location. Through this framework, the data is then readily accessible by all other banking applications. This framework includes a header field, characteristics data and key figure data. This removes proprietary restrictions on the data itself and thus makes it available to the other applications, increasing cross-system efficiency by allowing other applications to access and subsequently use the result data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Andreas S Borchardt, Dirk Endesfelder, Ralf M Handl, Michael Hladik, Roland Kolata, Ekkehard Lange, Christoph Meinel, Frank Raebiger