Patents by Inventor Thomas Kretz

Thomas Kretz 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).

  • Collaborative environment to assess, design, and implement product changes
    Patent number: 8560358
    Abstract: Generation of an engineering change case is initiated by associating an identified problem for a product with an engineering change case template. The engineering change case can include a plurality of structured folders that can be populated with content characterizing the identified problem as well as proposed solutions to the identified problem with each folder being assignable to one or more users and having associated deliverables for such users. The various users populate the folders with content associated with the deliverables with at least a portion of the deliverables being delegable and requiring completion in a sequential order. Thereafter, generation of the engineering case can be finalized when an indication is received that all deliverables requiring approval have been completed. Otherwise, the engineering change case can be canceled. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Andre Doerfler, Arno Mielke, Klaus Herter, Ulrich Spinola, Christian Fuhlbruegge, Archim Heimann, Werner Sottong, Steffen Springborn, Alexander Stefan Adam, Thomas Kretz, Karlheinz Agsteiner, Volker Faisst, Otfried von Geisau, Dieter Krisch, Dorothea Martin, Silke Massmann, Katharina Sorge
  • MANAGING CONSISTENT INTERFACES FOR A PRODUCT DESIGN VERSION HIERARCHY BUSINESS OBJECT ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20130031565
    Abstract: A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a product design version hierarchy business object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Michael Wachter, Jens Griessmann, Thomas Kretz, Michael Belenki, Karthikeyan A, Jeyaraj A, Ranjini R Varma
  • Computer readable medium for implementing supply chain control using service-oriented methodology
    Patent number: 8359218
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having supply chain control functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Andreas Poth, Stephan Hetzer, Achim Clemens, Bernhard Lokowandt, Alexander S. Adam, Christian Baeck, Martin J. Wilmes, Sabine Deimel, Renzo Colle, Andreas Bettin, Sascha Weber, Hao Zheng, Thomas Kretz, Volker Schott, Anton Ruskov Kaharkov, Jochen Steinbach, Thomas Gross-Boelting, Rainer Tomski, Sanjeev Mehta, Jens Freund, Frank Wagner
  • PROVIDING FOUNDATION APPLICATION AS ENTERPRISE SERVICES
    Publication number: 20120047079
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having foundation layer functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Biesemann, Dieter Krisch, Volker Schott, Michael Meyringer, Otfried Von Geisau, Martin Haerterich, Ralf Becker, Ingo Bruss, Horst Schaude, Silke Storch, Klaus Bahr, Volker Faisst, Ralph Moessner, Vsevolod Barabanov, Andreas Kasparek, Jens Griessmann, Hendrik Geipel, Frank Lindqvist, Oliver Grande, Ute Dittmann, Ricardo Padilha, Martin Walla, Joachim Puteick, Daniel Zimmermann, Thomas Schneider, Tilmann Haeberle, Gerald Krause, Karl-Peter Nos, Peter Schwarze, Daniel Maring, Yongbin He, Martina Lahr, Ingo Pfitzner, Shadab Shafio, Christian Haas, Olaf Schulte, Christoph Lehner, Dietmar Storz, Joachim Barnbeck, Bernhard May, Andrea Sudbrack, Michael Wachter, Thomas Kretz, Monika Kaiser, Andreas Steiner, Gurmeet Singh Dhingra, Andreas Huppert, Ashwin Reddy Yeddula, Keshav B. Desai, Tobias Traxel, Kranthi Kumar Muppala, Muttanna Sarashetti, Kritesh Vasing, Kai-Uwe Pielka, Raja Krishnamoorthy, Jyotsna Sharma, Mohit V. Gadkari, Mukesh Kumar, Toralf Grossmann, Andreas Neumann, Fabian Guenther, Jens Ruths, Matthias Richter, Walter Koller, Philipp Suenderhauf
  • MANAGING CONSISTENT INTERFACES FOR CUSTOMER PROJECT INVOICING AGREEMENT, ENGINEERING CHANGE CASE, PRODUCT DESIGN, PRODUCT DESIGN VERSION HIERARCHY, AND PROJECT EXPENSE VIEW BUSINESS OBJECTS ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20110307289
    Abstract: A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a customer project invoicing agreement, an engineering change case, a product design, a product design version hierarchy, and/or a project expense view business object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Lohit Hosur, Volker Faisst, Otfried Von Geisau, Vytas Cirpus, Joerg Goeppert, Guang Yang, Volker Schott, Monica Reidl, Michael Seubert, Arno Mielke, Klaus Herter, Andre Doerfler, Steffen Springborn, Alexander S. Adam, Christian Fuhlbruegge, Michael Belenki, Thomas Kretz, Thomas Leichtweiss, Werner Sottong, Rudolf Winkel, Monika Kaiser, Claus Gschiermeister, Jens Griessmann, Kristina Grunewald, Michael Wachter, Werner Gnan, Thilo Kraehmer, Payal Patnaik, Tanja Rueckel
  • Providing Foundation Application as Enterprise Services
    Publication number: 20100082497
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having foundation layer functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Thomas Biesemann, Dieter Krisch, Volker Schott, Michael Meyringer, Otfried Von Geisau, Martin Haerterich, Ralf Becker, Ingo Bruss, Horst Schaude, Silke Storch, Klaus Bahr, Volker Faisst, Ralph Moessner, Vsevolod Barabanov, Andreas Kasparek, Jens Griessmann, Hendrik Geipel, Frank Lindqvist, Oliver Grande, Ute Dittmann, Ricardo Padilha, Martin Walla, Joachim Puteick, Daniel Zimmermann, Thomas Schneider, Tilmann Haeberle, Gerald Krause, Karl-Peter Nos, Peter Schwarze, Daniel Maring, Yongbin He, Martina Lahr, Ingo Pfitzner, Shadab Shafiq, Christian Haas, Olaf Schulte, Christoph Lehner, Dietmar Storz, Joachim Barnbeck, Bernhard May, Andrea Sudbrack, Michael Wachter, Thomas Kretz, Monika Kaiser, Andreas Steiner, Gurmeet Singh Dhingra, Andreas Huppert, Ashwin Reddy Yeddula, Keshav B. Desal, Tobias Traxel, Kranthi Kumar Muppala, Muttanna Sarashetti, Kritesh Vasing, Kai-Uwe Pielka, Raja Krishnamoorthy, Jyotsna Sharma, Mohit V. Gadkari, Mukesh Kumar, Toralf Grossmann, Andreas Neumann, Fabian Guenther, Jens Ruths, Matthias Richter, Walter Koller, Philipp Suenderhauf
  • Collaborative environment to assess, design, and implement product changes
    Publication number: 20100076797
    Abstract: Generation of an engineering change case is initiated by associating an identified problem for a product with an engineering change case template. The engineering change case can include a plurality of structured folders that can be populated with content characterizing the identified problem as well as proposed solutions to the identified problem with each folder being assignable to one or more users and having associated deliverables for such users. The various users populate the folders with content associated with the deliverables with at least a portion of the deliverables being delegable and requiring completion in a sequential order. Thereafter, generation of the engineering case can be finalized when an indication is received that all deliverables requiring approval have been completed. Otherwise, the engineering change case can be canceled. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Andre Doerfler, Arno Mielke, Klaus Herter, Ulrich Spinola, Christian Fuhlbrueege, Archim Heimann, Werner Sottong, Steffen Springborn, Alexander Stefan Adam, Thomas Kretz, Karlheinz Agsteiner, Volker Faisst, Otfried Von Greisau, Dieter Krisch, Dorothea Martin, Silke Massmann, Katharina Sorge
  • PROVIDING SUPPLY CHAIN CONTROL SOFTWARE AS ENTERPRISE SERVICES
    Publication number: 20100070337
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having supply chain control functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Andreas Poth, Stephan Hetzer, Achim Clemens, Bernhard Lokowandt, Alexander S. Adam, Christian Baeck, Martin J. Wilmes, Sabine Deimel, Renzo Colle, Andreas Bettin, Sascha Weber, Hao Zheng, Thomas Kretz, Volker Schott, Anton Ruskov Kaharkov, Jochen Steinbach, Thomas Gross-Boelting, Rainer Tomski, Sanjeev Mehta, Jens Freund, Frank Wagner
  • Descriptive characteristics for sales forecasts and sales orders
    Publication number: 20040010442
    Abstract: A method that is performed on a computer is used in managing a supply chain. The method includes storing a sales forecast in association with data defining projected sales in terms of product, location, and at least one other descriptive characteristic. The method also includes receiving a sales order and processing the sales forecast and the sales order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Stefan Merker, Christian Farhad Woehler, Thomas Kretz, Thomas John