Patents by Inventor Uwe Sodan

Uwe Sodan 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).

  • Publication number: 20130238382
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for service parts planning in a network having one or more service parts. For at least a subset of the one or more service parts, a calculation is performed to determine a location within the network at which allocating the service part provides the greatest gain in system availability per item cost. In an embodiment, the calculations are based, at least in part on machine-specific information. In one embodiment, inventory position is determined based, at least in part, on a unique identifier associated with a service part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Hans Karsten Schierholt, Priti Prabhoo, Uwe Sodan
  • Patent number: 8433596
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for service parts planning in a network having one or more service parts. For at least a subset of the one or more service parts, a calculation is performed to determine a location within the network at which allocating the service part provides the greatest gain in system availability per item cost. In an embodiment, the calculations are based, at least in part on machine-specific information. In one embodiment, inventory position is determined based, at least in part, on a unique identifier associated with a service part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: SAP Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans Karsten Schierholt, Priti Prabhoo, Uwe Sodan
  • Patent number: 8095407
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for service parts planning in a multi-echelon network having one or more service parts. For at least a subset of the one or more service parts, a calculation is performed to determine a location within the multi-echelon network at which allocating the service part provides the greatest gain in system availability per item cost. In one embodiment, the calculations take into consideration violations of incremental optimal allocation. In an embodiment, the calculations take into consideration violations of convexity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: SAP Aktiengeselleschaft
    Inventors: Hans Karsten Schierholt, Priti Prabhoo, Uwe Sodan
  • Publication number: 20100280870
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for service parts planning in a multi-echelon network having one or more service parts. For at least a subset of the one or more service parts, a calculation is performed to determine a location within the multi-echelon network at which allocating the service part provides the greatest gain in system availability per item cost. In one embodiment, the calculations take into consideration violations of incremental optimal allocation. In an embodiment, the calculations take into consideration violations of convexity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: SAP Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans Karsten Schierholt, Priti Prabhoo, Uwe Sodan
  • Patent number: 7778857
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for service parts planning in a multi-echelon network having one or more service parts. For at least a subset of the one or more service parts, a calculation is performed to determine a location within the multi-echelon network at which allocating the service part provides the greatest gain in system availability per item cost. In one embodiment, the calculations take into consideration violations of incremental optimal allocation. In an embodiment, the calculations take into consideration violations of convexity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: SAP Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans Karsten Schierholt, Priti Prabhoo, Uwe Sodan
  • Publication number: 20100088619
    Abstract: What is described is a method and system for development of interactive user interfaces. The interfaces provide visualization environment and the opportunity for creating visual applications with minimal coding. A scene is selected from a scene catalogue and a visualization object is selected and displayed on the scene. A data source is selected from backend data. A parameter from the content of the data source is connected to a property of the visualization object to create a script to modify the property. The script is customized and the processed visualization object is displayed on a GUI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Ralf Rath, Alexander Breisch, Uwe Sodan, Benjamin Spieler
  • Publication number: 20070205276
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for iterative price zone analysis includes steps of generating auxiliary data for a geographic region that includes a plurality of retail locations, the regions being dividable into a plurality of geographic zones. The method and apparatus further includes modeling of sales information for the retail locations and thereby generate demand model information based on the set zones. The method and apparatus further includes providing the demand model information and the retail locations having the demand model information associated therewith to a price zoning display of the geographic region. Additionally the auxiliary data is provided for display relative to the model information and retail locations, where the display allows for the iterative selection of various factors and recalculations of the modeling information on the visual display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventors: Uwe Sodan, David Ginsberg, Kenneth Ouimet, Ralf Rath
  • Publication number: 20060031084
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for service parts planning in a multi-echelon network having one or more service parts. For at least a subset of the one or more service parts, a calculation is performed to determine a location within the multi-echelon network at which allocating the service part provides the greatest gain in system availability per item cost. In one embodiment, the calculations take into consideration violations of incremental optimal allocation. In an embodiment, the calculations take into consideration violations of convexity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Hans Schierholt, Priti Prabhoo, Uwe Sodan
  • Publication number: 20060020485
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for service parts planning in a network having one or more service parts. For at least a subset of the one or more service parts, a calculation is performed to determine a location within the network at which allocating the service part provides the greatest gain in system availability per item cost. In an embodiment, the calculations are based, at least in part on machine-specific information. In one embodiment, inventory position is determined based, at least in part, on a unique identifier associated with a service part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Hans Schierholt, Priti Prabhoo, Uwe Sodan
  • Patent number: D596191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Ralf Rath, Ruediger Bachmann, Alexander Breisch, Uwe Sodan, Benjamin Spieler, Susanne Schmitt