INTEGRATED COMMERCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESS APPLICATION PLATFORM

• US 20120174092A1
• Filed: 12/29/2010
• Published: 07/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Faisst, Wolfgang, Wenzel, Stefan, Liebermann, Thorsten
• Application Number:
  US12/980,603
• Publication Number:
  US 20120174092A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A system may include receipt, from a user, of a request to determine a candidate business application, access of a business application platform providing business services to the user in order to determine a business configuration of the business application platform, and determination of a first business application not installed in the business application platform based on the determined business configuration.

Claims

1. A method implemented by a computing system in response to execution of program code by a processor of the computing system, comprising:

receiving, from a user, a request to determine a candidate business application;

accessing a business application platform providing business services to the user in order to determine a business configuration of the business application platform; and

determining a first business application not installed in the business application platform based on the determined business configuration.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

presenting the determined business application to the user;

receiving an instruction from the user to install the determined business application in the business application platform; and

installing the determine business application in the business application platform.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein receiving the request from the user comprises:

receiving a query to search a catalog of business application, and

wherein determining the first business application comprises executing the query based on the determined business configuration.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein receiving the request from the user comprises:

receiving a request to view the business configuration of the business application platform.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein determining the business application comprises:

evaluating predetermined rules with respect to the determined business configuration to identify a plurality of business applications including the business application.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the business application platform provides business services to the user as Web Services.

7. A non-transitory medium storing processor-executable program code, the program code executable by a device to:

receive, from a user, a request to determine a candidate business application;

access a business application platform providing business services to the user in order to determine a business configuration of the business application platform; and

determine a first business application not installed in the business application platform based on the determined business configuration.

8. A medium according to claim 7, the program code further executable by the device to:

present the determined business application to the user;

receive an instruction from the user to install the determined business application in the business application platform; and

install the determine business application in the business application platform.

9. A medium according to claim 7, wherein receipt of the request from the user comprises:

receipt of a query to search a catalog of business application, and

wherein determination of the first business application comprises execution of the query based on the determined business configuration.

10. A medium according to claim 7, wherein receipt of the request from the user comprises:

receipt of a request to view the business configuration of the business application platform.

11. A medium according to claim 7, wherein determination of the business application comprises:

evaluation of predetermined rules with respect to the determined business configuration to identify a plurality of business applications including the business application.

12. A medium according to claim 7, wherein the business application platform provides business services to the user as Web Services.

13. A system comprising:

a computing device comprising;

a memory system storing processor-executable program code; and

a processor to execute the processor-executable program code in order to cause the computing device to;

receive, from a user, a request to determine a candidate business application;

access a business application platform providing business services to the user in order to determine a business configuration of the business application platform; and

determine a first business application not installed in the business application platform based on the determined business configuration.

14. A system according to claim 13, the processor further to execute the processor-executable program code in order to cause the computing device to:

present the determined business application to the user;

receive an instruction from the user to install the determined business application in the business application platform; and

install the determine business application in the business application platform.

15. A system according to claim 13, wherein receipt of the request from the user comprises:

receipt of a query to search a catalog of business application, and

wherein determination of the first business application comprises execution of the query based on the determined business configuration.

16. A system according to claim 13, wherein receipt of the request from the user comprises:

receipt of a request to view the business configuration of the business application platform.

17. A system according to claim 13, wherein determination of the business application comprises:

evaluation of predetermined rules with respect to the determined business configuration to identify a plurality of business applications including the business application.

18. A system according to claim 13, wherein the business application platform provides business services to the user as Web Services.