Patents by Inventor Stefan Kaetkep

Stefan Kaetkep 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).

  • Architectural design for self-service procurement application software
    Patent number: 8676617
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing self-service procurement used to procure goods and services “ad hoc” by requests from within an organization. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service interface operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include an Accounting process component, an Internal Request Processing process component, a Purchase Request Processing process component, a Purchase Order Processing process component, a Goods and Service Acknowledgement process component, a Supplier Invoice Processing process component, a Payment Processing process component, an RFQ Processing process component, and a Due Item Processing process component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Arthur Berger, Bettina Jaeger, Peter Fitz, Karin Brecht-Tillinger, Arnulf Schueler, Paola Sala, Armin Schwarz, Peter J. Neumayer, Otfried Von Geisau, Matthias Tebbe, Jens Freund, Stefan Kaetkep, Gerd Moosmann, Peter Latocha
  • Architectural design for self-service procurement application software
    Publication number: 20070156499
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing self-service procurement used to procure goods and services “ad hoc” by requests from within an organization. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service interface operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include an Accounting process component, an Internal Request Processing process component, a Purchase Request Processing process component, a Purchase Order Processing process component, a Goods and Service Acknowledgement process component, a Supplier Invoice Processing process component, a Payment Processing process component, an RFQ Processing process component, and a Due Item Processing process component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Arthur Berger, Bettina Jaeger, Peter Fitz, Karin Brecht-Tillinger, Arnulf Schueler, Paola Sala, Armin Schwarz, Peter Neumayer, Otfried Geisau, Matthias Tebbe, Jens Freund, Stefan Kaetkep, Gerd Moosmann, Peter Latocha