Data processing system, RFID reader and data processing method

• US 20070174158A1
• Filed: 12/28/2006
• Published: 07/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Oppert, Till, Oettinger, Birgit, Bredehoeft, Antje
• Application Number:
  US11/646,281
• Publication Number:
  US 20070174158A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

The present invention relates to a data processing system comprising a posting component for receiving a posting request. The posting request contains a process code being indicative of one of a plurality of business processes and at least one object identifier for identification of an object of the one business process. An accounting voucher generator component generates an electronic accounting voucher for documentation of a posting performed in response to the posting request and selects one of a plurality of posting schemes using the process code. Each of the plurality of posting schemes have posting positions having a predefined position type. A category identification component identifies a category of the posting using at least the object identifier. An account determination component determines an account identifier using the category and the position type. The posting component generates an account determination request containing the position type of the selected one of the posting schemes and the object identifier and the account determination component returns the account identifier in response to the account determination request for entry of the account identifier into the accounting voucher.

Claims

1. A data processing system comprising:

a posting component for receiving a posting request, the posting request containing a process code being indicative of one of a plurality of business processes and at least one object identifier for identification of an object of the one business process;

an accounting voucher generator component for generating an electronic accounting voucher for documentation of a posting performed in response to the posting request, the accounting voucher generator component being adapted to select one of a plurality of posting schemes using the process code, each of the plurality of posting schemes having posting positions, each posting position having a predefined position type;

a category identification component for identification of a category of the posting using at least the object identifier; and

an account determination component for determination of an account identifier using the category and the position type,

wherein the posting component is adapted to generate an account determination request containing the position type of the selected one of the posting schemes and the object identifier and the account determination component is adapted to return the account identifier in response to the account determination request for entry of the account identifier into the accounting voucher.

2. The data processing system of claim 1, wherein the posting component is adapted to receive the posting request from a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader.

3. The data processing system of claim 2, wherein the radio frequency identification (RFID) reader is adapted to generate the posting request.

4. The data processing system of claim 3, wherein the radio frequency identification reader permanently stores therein the process code.

5. The data processing system of claim 1, wherein the category identification component uses the position type for identification of the category.

6. The data processing system of claim 1, wherein the category of an object is stored as master data.

7. The data processing system of claim 1, further comprising a user interface for entering account determination logic parameters.

8. The data processing system of claim 7, wherein the user interface is adapted to display a table for a user'"'"'s entry of account identifiers on table coordinates and a first table coordinate is given by a position type and a second table coordinate is given by a category.

9. A data processing method comprising:

receiving a posting request, the posting request containing a process code being indicative of one of a plurality of business processes and at least one object identifier for identification of an object of the one business process;

selecting one of a plurality of posting schemes using the process code, each of the plurality of posting schemes having posting positions, each posting position having a predefined position type;

generating an electronic accounting voucher for documentation of the posting performed in response to the posting request by instantiation of the selected posting scheme;

identifying a category using at least the object identifier;

determining an account identifier using the category and the position type of the instantiated posting scheme; and

automatically entering the account identifier into the accounting voucher.

10. The data processing system method of claim 9, wherein the posting request is received from a client computer.

11. The data processing method of claim 9, wherein the posting request is received from a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader.

12. The data processing method of claim 9, wherein the category is identified using the position type.

13. The data processing method of claim 9, further comprising entering account determination logic parameters via a user interface.

14. The data processing method of claim 13, wherein the account determination logic parameters comprises position type and category tuples, and each tuple has an assigned account identifier.

15. The data processing method of claim 14, wherein the assignment of account identifiers to tuples is performed by entry into a table.

16. A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions for performing the method of claim 9.

17. A radio frequency identification (RFID) reader comprising:

means for receiving at least an object identifier from an RFID transponder;

means for storing a process code, the process code being indicative of a predefined business process;

means for generating a posting request, the posting request comprising at least the process code and the object identifier; and

an interface for sending the posting request to a data processing system.