Analytic application model and marketplace

• US 20060074880A1
• Filed: 09/30/2004
• Published: 04/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Bukary, Roman
• Granted Patent: US 8,732,696 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

One embodiment of the invention is a technique to create and provide an analytic marketplace. A single file definition is created for a plurality of applications and sub-components of a complete analytic application. A request for an analytic application is received from a user at an analytic marketplace in a user session. The analytic marketplace searches for an application that matches the request using the single file and generates a search result. The request is responded according to the search result and then an appropriate analytic application is presented to the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

creating a single file definition for a plurality of applications;

receiving a request for an application from a user at an application marketplace in a user session;

searching for an application that matches the request using the single file in the analytic marketplace to generate a search result; and

responding to the request according to the search result.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein creating the single file definition comprises:

defining attributes of the plurality of applications according to a standard classification, the attributes corresponding to a complete representation of locatability and descriptors of the applications; and

modularizing the attributes.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein defining the attributes comprises:

representing the attributes using an extensible markup language (XML).

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

certifying the complete representation of the single file definition using a certification tool.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

verifying the requested application using the certification tool at user environment.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein receiving the request comprises:

allowing the user to select required attributes for the applications.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein searching comprises:

searching for an existing application that matches the required attributes in a repository of the analytic marketplace.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein searching comprises:

searching for a vendor application that matches the required attributes in a knowledge base of the application marketplace, the knowledge base including vendor information of a vendor supplying the application; and

creating a record of users or organizations accessing the application from the application marketplace.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein searching comprises:

searching for a similar application that has attributes similar to the required attributes; and

generating an alternate definition file of the similar application.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein responding comprises:

delivering the existing application to the user as a local copy.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein responding comprises:

delivering the vendor information to the user.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein responding comprises:

delivering the alternate definition file to the user.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing security to the marketplace.

14. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

keeping track of the delivered existing application;

informing the user of an update if the delivered existing application becomes obsolete; and

identifying the user if the delivered existing application is determined to have an error.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the user session occurs by using one of a web service, a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request, and an application program interface (API).

16. An article of manufacture comprising:

a machine-accessible medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, causes the machine to perform operations comprising;

creating a single file definition for a plurality of applications;

receiving a request for an application from a user at an application marketplace in a user session;

searching for an application that matches the request using the single file in the analytic marketplace to generate a search result; and

responding to the request according to the search result.

17. The article of manufacture of claim 16 wherein the data causing the machine to perform creating the single file definition comprises data that causes the machine to perform operations comprising:

defining attributes of the plurality of applications according to a standard classification, the attributes corresponding to a complete representation of locatability and descriptors of the applications; and

modularizing the attributes.

18. The article of manufacture of claim 17 wherein the data causing the machine to perform defining the attributes comprises data that causes the machine to perform operations comprising:

representing the attributes using an extensible markup language (XML).

19. The article of manufacture of claim 17 wherein the data further comprises data that, when accessed by the machine, causes the machine to perform operations comprising:

certifying the complete representation of the single file definition using a certification tool.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 19 wherein the data further comprises data that, when accessed by the machine, causes the machine to perform operations comprising:

verifying the requested application using the certification tool at user environment.

21. The article of manufacture of claim 20 wherein the data causing the machine to perform receiving the request comprises data that causes the machine to perform operations comprising:

allowing the user to select required attributes for the applications.

22. The article of manufacture of claim 21 wherein the data causing the machine to perform searching comprises data that causes the machine to perform operations comprising:

searching for an existing application that matches the required attributes in a repository of the analytic marketplace.

23. The article of manufacture of claim 21 wherein the data causing the machine to perform searching comprises data that causes the machine to perform operations comprising:

searching for a vendor application that matches the required attributes in a knowledge base of the analytic marketplace, the knowledge base including vendor information of a vendor supplying the application; and

creating a record of users or organizations accessing the application from the application marketplace.

24. The article of manufacture of claim 16 wherein the data causing the machine to perform searching comprises data that causes the machine to perform operations comprising:

searching for a similar application that has attributes similar to the required attributes; and

generating an alternate definition file of the similar application.

25. The article of manufacture of claim 22 wherein the data causing the machine to perform responding comprises data that causes the machine to perform operations comprising:

delivering the existing application to the user as a local copy.

26. The article of manufacture of claim 23 wherein the data causing the machine to perform responding comprises data that causes the machine to perform operations comprising:

delivering the vendor information to the user.

27. The article of manufacture of claim 24 wherein the data causing the machine to perform responding comprises data that causes the machine to perform operations comprising:

delivering the alternate definition file to the user.

28. The article of manufacture of claim 16 wherein the data further comprises data that, when accessed by the machine, causes the machine to perform operations comprising:

providing security to the marketplace.

29. The article of manufacture of claim 26 wherein the data further comprises data that, when accessed by the machine, causes the machine to perform operations comprising:

keeping track of the delivered existing application;

informing the user of an update if the delivered existing application becomes obsolete; and

identifying the user if the delivered existing application is determined to have an error.

30. The article of manufacture of claim 16 wherein the user session occurs by using one of a web service, a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request, and an application program interface (API).

31. A system comprising:

a user logging on a user session via a network to request an analytic application; and

an analytic marketplace coupled to the network, the analytic marketplace comprising;

a single file definition created for a plurality of applications; and

an analytic marketplace application to receive a request for the analytic application from the user, the analytic marketplace application searching for an application that matches the request using the single file to generate a search result and responding to the request according to the search result.

32. The system of claim 31 wherein the single file definition comprises:

attributes of the plurality of applications defined according to a standard classification, the attributes corresponding to a complete representation of locatability and descriptors of the applications and being modularized.

33. The system of claim 32 wherein the attributes are represented using an extensible markup language (XML).

34. The system of claim 32 further comprising:

a certification tool to certify the complete representation of the single file definition using a certification tool.

35. The system of claim 34 wherein the requested analytic application is verified using the certification tool at user environment.

36. The system of claim 35 wherein the analytic marketplace application allows the user to select required attributes for the analytic applications.

37. The system of claim 36 wherein the analytic marketplace further comprises:

a repository that contains an existing application that matches the required attributes.

38. The system of claim 36 wherein the analytic marketplace further comprises:

a knowledge base that stores a vendor application that matches the required attributes, the knowledge base including vendor information of a vendor supplying the vendor application, and a record of users or organizations accessing the application from the application marketplace.

39. The system of claim 31 wherein the analytic marketplace further comprises:

an alternate application database that stores a similar application that has attributes similar to the required attributes, the alternate application database having an alternate definition file of the similar application.

40. The system of claim 37 wherein the analytic marketplace application delivers the existing application to the user as a local copy.

41. The system of claim 38 wherein the analytic marketplace application delivers the vendor information to the user.

42. The system of claim 39 wherein the analytic marketplace application delivers the alternate definition file to the user.

43. The system of claim 31 wherein the analytic marketplace further comprising:

a security measure to provide security to the repository.

44. The system of claim 41 wherein the analytic marketplace keeps track of the delivered existing application, informs the user of an update if the delivered existing application becomes obsolete, and identifies the user if the delivered existing application is determined to have an error.

45. The system of claim 31 wherein the user session occurs by using one of a web service, a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request, and an application program interface (API).