Software for managing data between a client and server

• US 20080141237A1
• Filed: 12/07/2006
• Published: 06/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Elad, Rafi, Keren, Ido
• Granted Patent: US 8,402,060 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/171
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/656 while running

Abstract

Various techniques and components are provided for managing data between a client and server. In one example embodiment, software is operable to receive an updated business object property at a server, process the updated property with a business object residing on the server, and communicate an updated business object from the server to the client. In certain implementations, this allows for the server to update a complete business object, including properties requiring recalculation based on the updated business object property, through a targeted communication from the client, namely, the single updated business object property. Additionally, the software may provide for the identification and automatic updated of server-side business objects or business object properties related to the received updated business object property.

Claims

1. Software for managing data between a client and server, the software comprising computer readable instructions operable when executed to:

receive an updated remote business object property from a client;

process the updated remote business object property into a hosted business object using hosted business rules, wherein the hosted business object comprises;

a first hosted business object property corresponding with the updated remote business object property; and

a second hosted business object property related to the updated remote business object property; and

communicate an updated hosted business object to the client.

2. The software of claim 1 further operable to instantiate a remote business object at the client based on the updated hosted business object.

3. The software of claim 1 further operable to communicate a hosted business object to the client such that the client instantiates the remote business object at the client based on the received updated hosted business object.

4. The software of claim 1, wherein the communications between the server-based application and the client are encrypted.

5. The software of claim 1, the remote business object property comprising:

a field;

a table;

or

a user control setting.

6. The software of claim 1 further operable to:

receive an invalid updated remote business object property from a client;

recognize the updated remote business object property as an invalid value; and

communicate visual indication of the invalid updated remote business object property to the client.

7. The software of claim 1 further operable to instantiate a remote business object at the client based on the updated hosted business object and update the hosted business rules prior to receiving the updated remote business object property.

8. The software of claim 1 further operable to:

identify a second hosted business object associated with the hosted business object, the second hosted business object corresponding to a second remote business object property on the client;

process the second hosted business object based on the received updated remote business object property; and

communicate the updated second hosted business object to the client.

9. The software of claim 1, the updated business object property comprising a data value and a property identifier.

10. A system for managing data between a client and server, comprising:

means for receiving an updated remote business object property from a client;

means for processing the updated remote business object property into the hosted business object using hosted business rules, wherein the hosted business object comprises;

a first hosted business object property corresponding with the updated remote business object property; and

a second hosted business object property related to the updated remote business object property; and

means for communicating an updated hosted business object to the client.

11. The system of claim 10 further comprising a means for instantiating a remote business object at the client based on the hosted business object.

12. The system of claim 10 further comprising a means for communicating a hosted business object to the client such that the client instantiates the remote business object based on the received hosted business object.

13. The system of claim 10 further comprising:

means for identifying a second hosted business object associated with the hosted business object, the second hosted business object corresponding to a second remote business object on the client;

means for processing the second hosted business object based on the received updated remote business object property; and

means for communicating an updated second hosted business object to the client.

14. Development software comprising computer readable instructions operable when executed to:

identify a hosted business object that will have a corresponding remote business object at a remote client; and

set at least one of a plurality of properties in the hosted business object that are associated with hosted business rules such that the updated property of the remote business object can be processed by the hosted business rules to generate an updated hosted business object.

15. The software of claim 14, wherein the identification occurs in a visual modeling environment and the one or more properties are set using the visual modeling environment.

16. The software of claim 14, at least one of the properties comprising:

a field;

a table;

or

a user control setting.

17. The software of claim 14 further operable to identify a related second hosted business object property associated with the hosted business object, the related second hosted business object property corresponding to a second remote business object property.

18. The software of claim 17, the related second hosted business object identified using drag-and-drop techniques in a visual modeling environment.

19. The software of claim 14, the property comprising a data value and a property identifier.

20. A computer implemented method for developing software comprising the steps of:

identifying a hosted business object that will have a corresponding remote business object at a client in a hosted environment; and

setting at least one of a plurality of properties in the hosted business object that are associated with hosted business rules such that the updated property of the remote business object can be processed by the hosted business rules to generate an updated hosted business object.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the hosted business object is identified in a visual modeling environment and the one or more properties are set using the visual modeling environment.

22. The method of claim 20, at least one of the properties comprising:

a field;

a table;

or

a user control setting.

23. The method of claim 20 further comprising identifying a related second hosted business object property associated with the hosted business object, the related second hosted business object property corresponding to a second remote business object property.

24. The method of claim 23, the related second hosted business object identified using drag-and-drop techniques in a visual development environment.

25. The method of claim 20, the property comprising a data value and a property identifier.

26. Software for managing data between a client and server, the software comprising computer readable instructions operable when executed to:

receive an updated remote business object property from a server;

process the updated remote business object property into a local business object using local business rules, wherein the local business object comprises;

a first local business object property corresponding with the updated remote business object property; and

a second local business object property related to the updated remote business object property; and

communicate an updated local business object to the server.

27. The software of claim 26 further operable to:

identify a second local business object associated with the local business object, the second local business object corresponding to a second remote business object property on the server;

process the second local business object based on the received updated remote business object property; and

communicate the updated second local business object to the server.