Patents by Inventor Ulrich Winkler

Ulrich Winkler 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: 10095994
    Abstract: The embodiments include a data processing apparatus for conducting a business impact analysis for a service oriented architecture (SOA) that includes a plurality of processes and services. The data processing apparatus may include a process table generator configured to generate a first impact table for a first process and a second impact table for a second process, and a service table generator configured to generate a service impact table for a top-level service, a dependency model generator configured to generate a dependency model arranging the plurality of services with dependency links, an analysis model generator configured to generate a BEAM based on the service impact table, the dependency model and a selected service level agreement, a simulator configured to simulate the BEAM over a period of time, and a service level agreement classifier configured to classify the selected service level agreement based on one or more violations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Ulrich Winkler, Wasif Gilani
  • Patent number: 9542165
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for model-to-model transformation including actions of providing a source meta-model, the source meta-model having a plurality of classes and one or more references, receiving first user input to a graphical editor, processing the first user input to provide a plurality of class modules and one or more reference modules, each class module corresponding to a class of the plurality of classes and each reference module corresponding to a reference of the one or more references, automatically generating transformation code based on the plurality of class modules and the one or more reference modules, receiving a source model, the source model being provided based on the source meta-model and being provided in a computer-readable file that is stored in memory, and generating a simulation model based on the source model and the transformation code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Ulrich Winkler, Robert Fritzsche, Wasif Gilani
  • Publication number: 20140137077
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for model-to-model transformation including actions of providing a source meta-model, the source meta-model having a plurality of classes and one or more references, receiving first user input to a graphical editor, processing the first user input to provide a plurality of class modules and one or more reference modules, each class module corresponding to a class of the plurality of classes and each reference module corresponding to a reference of the one or more references, automatically generating transformation code based on the plurality of class modules and the one or more reference modules, receiving a source model, the source model being provided based on the source meta-model and being provided in a computer-readable file that is stored in memory, and generating a simulation model based on the source model and the transformation code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: Ulrich Winkler, Robert Fritzsche, Wasif Gilani
  • Publication number: 20130246105
    Abstract: The embodiments include a data processing apparatus for conducting a business impact analysis for a service oriented architecture (SOA) that includes a plurality of processes and services. The data processing apparatus may include a process table generator configured to generate a first impact table for a first process and a second impact table for a second process, and a service table generator configured to generate a service impact table for a top-level service, a dependency model generator configured to generate a dependency model arranging the plurality of services with dependency links, an analysis model generator configured to generate a BEAM based on the service impact table, the dependency model and a selected service level agreement, a simulator configured to simulate the BEAM over a period of time, and a service level agreement classifier configured to classify the selected service level agreement based on one or more violations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Winkler, Wasif Gilani
  • Patent number: 8457996
    Abstract: A business process model (BPM) handler may determine a business process model including tasks arranged according to a directed graph, at least some of the tasks associated with requirements for executing the tasks. An information technology topology model (ITTM) handler may determine an information technology topology model with connected resources used to perform at least some of the tasks. A behavior model generator may determine behaviors of the resources from a behavior information library, and may generate a behavior model in which the tasks and their respective requirements are connected to the resources and to their respective behaviors. A continuity analyzer may thus provide a continuity analysis, based on the behavior model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Winkler, Wasif Gilani, David Redlich
  • Publication number: 20120303396
    Abstract: A business process model (BPM) handler may determine a business process model including tasks arranged according to a directed graph, at least some of the tasks associated with requirements for executing the tasks. An information technology topology model (ITTM) handler may determine an information technology topology model with connected resources used to perform at least some of the tasks. A behavior model generator may determine behaviors of the resources from a behavior information library, and may generate a behavior model in which the tasks and their respective requirements are connected to the resources and to their respective behaviors. A continuity analyzer may thus provide a continuity analysis, based on the behavior model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Winkler, Wasif Gilani, David Redlich