Accelerated system and methods for synchronizing, managing and publishing business information

• US 20060106859A1
• Filed: 11/15/2004
• Published: 05/18/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Gilat, Fisch, Ronen, Cohen, Eugene, Cherny, Stanley, Levin
• Granted Patent: US 7,751,417 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide an accelerated system and methods for gathering business information, augmenting that information to conform to requirements for sharing the information and for synchronizing, managing and publishing the information across the supply chain. Through use of a control module business information is gathered from a variety of enterprise wide systems and stored via an acceleration engine. After augmenting and/or altering the information to conform to the requirements of a desired repository of information known as a data pool, the information is published to the data pool and registered by the data pool with a registry for looking up the published information. One or more embodiments of the invention allow for the rapid publication and modification of publication related data using advanced querying mechanisms of the acceleration engine. The publication features of the system allow for multi-lingual output and support for multiple output types including print and web based publications using the same inherent product data for example a product catalog. In addition, subscribing to product information is performed in the inverse direction with respect to a data pool allowing not only manufacturers, but also retailers to gain the benefits of the accelerated system. One or more embodiments of the user interface component comprise declaratively defined interfaces that are not hardcoded in a source code program. The server interface is capable of utilizing declaratively defined interface definitions for data pool specific messages and data attributes that are not hardcoded in a source code program. Declaratively defined user and server interfaces allow for modification of the interface without altering the source code and this allows lower skilled level employees to install and maintain the system.

Claims

1. An accelerated system for utilizing business information comprising:

a first data pool;

a global registry coupled with said first data pool;

a control module coupled with said first data pool;

an acceleration engine coupled with said control module;

a DBMS coupled with said acceleration engine;

a back-end system coupled with said control module; and

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said control module configured to obtain data from said back-end system and store said data via said acceleration engine wherein said acceleration engine is configured to accelerate access to said data and wherein said control module is configured to allow said data to be augmented with attributes required by said first data pool and wherein said control module is further configured to transfer data to said first data pool.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said control module comprises a graphical user interface.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein said graphical user interface is presented on a browser.

4. The system of claim 2 wherein said graphical user interface is associated with a standalone application.

5. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a second data pool;

said control module configured to interpret a declarative graphical user interface configuration and interoperate with said second data pool without altering any program source code.

6. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a second data pool;

said control module configured to interpret a declarative server interface configuration and, interoperate with said second data pool without altering any program source code.

7. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a second data pool;

said control module configured to interpret a declarative graphical user interface configuration and to interpret a declarative server interface configuration and interoperate with said second data pool without altering any program source code.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said control module comprises an EJB.

9. The system of claim 1 further comprising an exchange interface.

10. The system of claim 1 further comprising a universal adapter framework.

11. The system of claim 1 further comprising a message queuing server.

12. The system of claim 1 further comprising a publication engine.

13. A method for operating an accelerated system for utilizing business information comprising:

subscribing to a first data pool coupled to a global registry;

coupling a control module with said first data pool;

coupling an acceleration engine with said control module;

coupling a DBMS with said acceleration engine;

coupling a back-end system with said control module;

obtaining data from said back-end system via said control module;

storing said data via said acceleration engine as commanded via said control module;

accelerating access to said data via said acceleration engine;

augmenting said data with attributes via said control module as required by said first data pool; and

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transferring data to said first data pool.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising:

presenting markup on a browser based on a declarative graphical user interface configuration.

15. The method of claim 13 further comprising:

presenting widgets in an application based on a declarative graphical user interface configuration.

16. The method of claim 13 further comprising:

presenting markup on a browser and widgets in an application based on a single declarative graphical user interface configuration.

17. The method of claim 13 further comprising:

presenting new markup on a browser and new widgets in an application based on a single altered declarative graphical user interface configuration without recompiling said control module or said acceleration engine.

18. The method of claim 13 further comprising:

coupling with a second data pool;

interpreting a declarative graphical user interface configuration; and

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interoperating with said second data pool without altering any program source code.

19. The method of claim 13 further comprising:

a second data pool;

interpreting a declarative server interface configuration; and

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interoperating with said second data pool without altering any program source code.

20. The method of claim 13 further comprising:

coupling with a second data pool;

interpreting a declarative graphical user interface configuration; and

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interpreting a declarative server interface configuration; and

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interoperating with said second data pool without altering any program source code.

21. An accelerated system for utilizing business information comprising:

means for subscribing to a first data pool coupled to a global registry;

means for coupling a control module with said first data pool;

means for coupling an acceleration engine with said control module;

means for coupling a DBMS with said acceleration engine;

means for coupling a back-end system with said control module;

means for obtaining data from said back-end system via said control module;

means for storing said data via said acceleration engine as commanded via said control module;

means for accelerating access to said data via said acceleration engine;

means for augmenting said data with attributes via said control module as required by said first data pool; and

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means for transferring data to said first data pool.