Patents by Inventor Sven Bernhard

Sven Bernhard 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).

  • Method and system for remote configuration of network devices
    Patent number: 7831734
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for remote configuration of heterogeneous network devices from a centralized location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Sven Bernhard, Thorsten Stephan, Claudius Fischer, Janusz Smilek, Markus Schmidt-Karaca
  • Generic application program interface for native drivers
    Patent number: 7739693
    Abstract: A method and system to access native drivers in a computer using a generic application interface. An embodiment of the method may include providing the generic application interface to allow access to multiple peripheral devices, where the interface is independent of the device-specific features of the peripheral devices. The interface may include generic routines commonly shared by the peripheral devices. The method may further include using the interface to call the generic routines as a function of device-specific features of a particular device upon receipt of a request to access the particular device. The method provides a generic API that may be commonly used by a plurality of applications on a computer or a plurality of computers in a network to access a plurality of peripheral devices. As such, the developer or user may port applications based on the generic API between different computers without making modifications to the applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Sven Bernhard, Thorsten Stephan, Claudius Fischer, Markus Schmidt-Karaca
  • Method and system for representing, configuring and deploying distributed applications
    Publication number: 20040230670
    Abstract: An application solution descriptor (“ASD”) maintains a representation of all resources associated with computing entities participating in the application solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Markus Schmidt-Karaca, Janusz Smilek, Sven Bernhard
  • Method and system for remote configuration of network devices
    Publication number: 20040199611
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for remote configuration of heterogeneous network devices from a centralized location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Sven Bernhard, Thorsten Stephan, Claudius Fischer, Janusz Smilek, Markus Schmidt-Karaca
  • Generic application program interface for native drivers
    Publication number: 20040177361
    Abstract: A method and system to access native drivers in a computer using a generic application interface. An embodiment of the method may include providing the generic application interface to allow access to multiple peripheral devices, where the interface is independent of the device-specific features of the peripheral devices. The interface may include generic routines commonly shared by the peripheral devices. The method may further include using the interface to call the generic routines as a function of device-specific features of a particular device upon receipt of a request to access the particular device. The method provides a generic API that may be commonly used by a plurality of applications on a computer or a plurality of computers in a network to access a plurality of peripheral devices. As such, the developer or user may port applications based on the generic API between different computers without making modifications to the applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Sven Bernhard, Thorsten Stephan, Claudius Fischer, Markus Schmidt-Karaca