Patents by Inventor Volker Faisst

Volker Faisst 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
  • Providing accounting software application as enterprise services
    Patent number: 8442850
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having accounting 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: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Martin Schorr, Michael Sylvester, Georg Dopf, Dirk Henrich, Gunther Liebich, Michael Conrad, Andreas Reccius, Markus Klein, Michael Hohendorf, Andrea Roesinger, Rainer Soltek, Juergen Kind, Ralf Dinkel, Peter Von Zimmermann, Daniel Bock, Udo Laub, Thomas Schachner, Gerald Paetzold, Kai-Michael Roesner, Edwin Himmelsbach, Torsten Bachmann, Volker Faisst, Otfried Von Geisau, Michael Meyringer, Ralf Klein, Dieter Krisch
  • Architectural design for internal projects application software
    Patent number: 8321831
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing an internal projects application useful for planning and executing internal projects and measures, including network scheduling, resource staffing, cost estimation and management, time confirmation, and progress monitoring. 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Volker Faisst, Otfried von Geisau, Michael Meyringer, Ralf Klein, Dieter Krisch, Daniel Bock, Edwin Himmelsbach, Jens Freund, Stefan Kaetker, Gerd Moosmann, Peter Latocha, Bernd Schmitt
  • Architectural design for selling project-based services application software
    Patent number: 8321306
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing the selling of project-based services are disclosed. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include a Project Processing process component that supports the management of projects, a Supplier Invoice Processing process component that manages supplier invoices, an Accounting process component that records relevant business transactions, a Customer Invoice Processing process component that manages customer invoices, and a Goods and Service Acknowledgement process component that receives a confirmation from an employee of goods received or services rendered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Vytas Cirpus, Otfried Von Geisau, Volker Faisst
  • 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 PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE APPLICATION AS ENTERPRISE SERVICES
    Publication number: 20100153158
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a service architecture design that provides enterprise services having project management 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: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Norbert Wex, Roland Kaschner, Dieter Krisch, Michael Meyringer, Volker Faisst, Otfried Von Geisau, Volker Schott, Sabine Lamprecht, Ingo Feucht, Georg Vincent Heryschek, Berthold Wocher, Andrea Sudbrack, Peer Marschall, Arno Mielke, Andre Doerfler, Peter Fitz, Christoph Jungkind, Helgi Thorleifsson, Matthias Tebbe, Ralf Dinkel, Astrid Graeber, Edwin Himmelsbach, Daniel Bock, Martin Osterloh, Silke Massmann, Klaus Herter, Ralph Moessner, Vsevolod Barabanov, Andreas Kasparek, Jens Griessmann, Vytas Cirpus, Tanja Rueckel
  • ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR SELLING PROJECT-BASED SERVICES APPLICATION SOFTWARE
    Publication number: 20100138269
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing the selling of project-based services are disclosed. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include a Project Processing process component that supports the management of projects, a Supplier Invoice Processing process component that manages supplier invoices, an Accounting process component that records relevant business transactions, a Customer Invoice Processing process component that manages customer invoices, and a Goods and Service Acknowledgement process component that receives a confirmation from an employee of goods received or services rendered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Vytas Cirpus, Otfried Von Geisau, Volker Faisst
  • 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 accounting software application as enterprise services
    Publication number: 20070233541
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having accounting 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: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Martin Schorr, Michael Sylvester, Georg Dopf, Dirk Henrich, Gunther Liebich, Michael Conrad, Andreas Reccius, Markus Klein, Michael Hohendorf, Andrea Roesinger, Rainer Soltek, Juergen Kind, Ralf Dinkel, Peter Zimmermann, Daniel Bock, Udo Laub, Thomas Schachner, Gerald Paetzold, Kai-Michael Roesner, Edwin Himmelsbach, Torsten Bachmann, Volker Faisst, Otfried Geisau, Michael Meyringer, Ralf Klein, Dieter Krisch
  • Architectural design for internal projects application software
    Publication number: 20070156490
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing an internal projects application useful for planning and executing internal projects and measures, including network scheduling, resource staffing, cost estimation and management, time confirmation, and progress monitoring. 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Volker Faisst, Otfried Geisau, Michael Meyringer, Ralf Klein, Dieter Krisch, Daniel Bock, Edwin Himmelsbach, Jens Freund, Stefan Kaetker, Gerd Moosmann, Peter Latocha, Bernd Schmitt
  • System and method to embed checklist items and issues in project management
    Publication number: 20070156488
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a process for managing a project includes providing a first project summary task node, one or more second summary task nodes that are associated with the first project summary task node, and one or more third task nodes that are associated with each second summary task node. The process further provides a checklist that has associated with it one or more checklist items. One or more tasks are associated with each checklist item. In this embodiment, the one or more tasks for a checklist item are associated with one or more of the first project summary task node, the second summary task nodes, and the third task nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Volker Faisst, Otfried Geisau, Michael Meyringer
  • Cross company project management
    Publication number: 20070156484
    Abstract: Cross company project management includes receiving guideline data for a project, where the project includes one or more phases, each phase including one or more tasks and each task including one or more sub-projects. The project management further includes determining associated data utilized for each of the sub-projects and a determination of which of the sub-projects are to be completed by a third party. Based on the guideline data, when timely in the project, the associated data is provided to the third party through a data exchange device. Various operations in the sub-project may be completed by the third party and the third party thereupon generates updated project data. The updated project data is provided to a central repository and project status feedback data is thereupon provided to a project manager based on te updated project data and the guideline data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Sandra Fischbach, Volker Faisst
  • Integration of a digital asset management system with a project management system
    Publication number: 20060179076
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an integrated system comprising a digital asset management system, a project management system, and an interface that permits the integration of the two systems. Data may be accessed or replicated between the two systems via the interface. Among operations facilitated by the integrated system is the accessing of digital assets of the digital asset management system by the project management system via the interface to serve as the basis for the production of a new digital asset or asset version.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Jutta Weber, Volker Faisst
  • Integrating logistic and financial control of projects
    Publication number: 20040128180
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for controlling projects. A logistic structure and a financial structure are specified for a project. The logistic structure includes multiple logistic objects representing activities related to the project, and the financial structure includes cost collectors representing financial responsibilities related to the project. The financial structure is independent of the logistic structure. A responsibility mapping is defined to associate each activity represented in the logistic structure with a cost collector that is responsible for financial aspects of the activity. The responsibility mapping is independent of the logistic structure representing the activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Claus-Dieter Abel, Monika Ahrens, Volker Faisst, Martin Hertel-Szabadi, Thorsten Schneider, Manfred Stindl