Method and system for deploying a business application

• US 20070162501A1
• Filed: 12/30/2005
• Published: 07/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Agassi, Shai, Ziv, Udi, Mazinter, Hila, Shamia, Gadi
• Granted Patent: US 7,711,607 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization

Abstract

Methods and systems for deploying business applications are provided. A method for deploying a business application includes receiving inputted configuration information for the business application from a user of the business application. Additional configuration information is retrieved for the business application based on the inputted configuration information. The business application is configured based on the inputted and additional configuration information.

Claims

1. A computerized method for deploying a business application, comprising:

receiving inputted configuration information for a business application from a user of the business application;

retrieving additional configuration information for the business application based on the inputted configuration information; and

configuring the business application based on the inputted and additional configuration information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the inputted configuration information comprises at least one of a location of the business or a business class of the business.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the inputted configuration information further comprises information associated with a role of a particular user providing the input.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the inputted configuration information comprises services of the business.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the inputted configuration information comprises customer channels for the business.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the inputted configuration information comprises supplier channels for the business.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the inputted configuration information comprises selection of a business class of the business and the additional configuration information is based on the business class of the business.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the additional configuration information comprises customer channels for the business.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the additional configuration information comprises supplier channels for the business.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving additional inputted configuration information for the business application at a later time; and

reconfiguring the business application based on the additional inputted configuration information.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the business application comprises a number of fields for the user to input configuration information and the retrieved additional configuration information comprises missing configuration information for the fields.

12. A computerized method for identifying service providers to a business, comprising:

identifying through a business application a business class of a business;

identifying service providers for the business based on the business class; and

providing information associated with the service providers to the business.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising identifying service providers for the business based on the business class and a locality of the business.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising populating with the service providers a service provider list for the business.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising populating with the service providers a service provider list in the business application.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising configuring the business application to permit a user of the business application to contact the service providers through the business application.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising configuring the business application to permit a user of the business application to engage the service providers through the business application.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising populating the service provider list during deployment of the business application.

19. A computerized method for deploying a business application, comprising:

retrieving information identifying a business class of a business based on information input for a business application;

retrieving standardized configuration information for the business application based on the business class; and

configuring the business application based on the standardized configuration information.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the business application comprises a business process application.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising retrieving standardized configuration information for the business application based on the business class and a locality of the business.

22. A system for deploying a business application, comprising:

memory storing additional configuration information; and

one or more processors operable to;

receive inputted configuration information for a business application from a user of the business application, at least a portion of the inputted configuration information comprising role-based information associated with the user;

retrieve some of the additional configuration information for the business application based on the inputted configuration information, at least a first portion of the additional configuration information comprising customer channels for the business and at least a second portion of the additional configuration information comprising supplier channels for the business; and

configure the business application based on the inputted and additional configuration information.

23. A computerized method for deploying a business application via a client-side application, comprising:

receiving inputted configuration information for a business application from a user of the business application; and

transmitting to a remotely-hosted business application the inputted configuration information for retrieval of additional configuration information for the business application based on the inputted configuration information and configuration of the business application based on the inputted and additional configuration information.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the inputted configuration information comprises at least one of a location of the business, a business class of the business, services of the business, customer channels for the business, and supplier channels for the business.