Application solution proposal engine

• US 20080071555A1
• Filed: 08/29/2006
• Published: 03/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Markert, Frank, Viehmann, Robert, Sattler, Juergen, Gaffga, Joachim, Wolf, Werner
• Application Number:
  US11/512,518
• Publication Number:
  US 20080071555A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data

Abstract

The present subject mater relates to computer application solutions and, more particularly, an application solution proposal engine. The various embodiments herein provide systems, methods, and software to receive customer information including information detailing customer data processing preferences, process the customer information to identify portions of an application related to the customer data processing preferences, and generate one or more application proposals as a function of the identified portions of the application. These and other embodiments may rapidly provide an application solution proposal and ancillary information to a customer.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a customer profiling application, wherein the customer profiling application receives and stores customer information including information detailing customer data processing preferences; and

a solution proposal and estimate engine, wherein the solution proposal and estimate engine processes the customer information to produce output including one or more application proposals.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the customer data processing preferences include one or more data processing requirements.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more application proposals include an application solution proposal that meets at least some of the customer data processing preferences.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the application solution proposal includes a proposed application and a configuration for the proposed application.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the one or more application solution proposals further include a project plan for implementing and configuring the proposed application.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the application solution proposal further includes preconfigured application content selected as a function of the received customer information.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein the one or more solution proposals further include a cost estimate for the application solution proposal.

8. A method comprising:

receiving customer information including information detailing customer data processing preferences;

processing the customer information to identify portions of an application related to the customer data processing preferences; and

generating one or more application proposals as a function of the identified portions of the application.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the customer data processing preferences include one or more data processing requirements.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more application proposals include an application solution proposal that meets at least some of the customer data processing preferences.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the application solution proposal includes a proposed application and a configuration for the proposed application.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the one or more application solution proposals further include a project plan for implementing and configuring the proposed application.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the application solution proposal further includes preconfigured application content selected as a function of the received customer information.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more solution proposals further include a cost estimate for the application solution proposal.

15. A machine-readable medium, with encoded instructions, which when executed, cause a machine to:

receive customer information including information detailing customer data processing preferences;

process the customer information to identify portions of an application related to the customer data processing preferences; and

generate one or more application proposals as a function of the identified portions of the application.

16. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the one or more application proposals include an application solution proposal that meets at least some of the customer data processing preferences.

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the application solution proposal includes a proposed application and a configuration for the proposed application.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the one or more solution proposals further include a cost estimate for the application solution proposal.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the one or more application solution proposals further include a project plan for implementing and configuring the proposed application.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the application solution proposal further includes preconfigured application content selected as a function of the received customer information.