Method and system for deploying a business application

• US 7,711,607 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2005
• Issued: 05/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Ziv, Udi, Mazinter, Hila, Shamia, Gadi, Agassi, Shai
• Primary Examiner(s): Rosen; Nicholas D
• Application Number:
  US11/323,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20070162501A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,586 Days
• Field of Search: 705/7, 705/14, 705/26, 707/3, 707/104.1
• US Class Current: 705/26.5
• 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 causing one or more processors to identify service providers to a business, the method comprising the following steps performed by one or more processors:

identifying through a business application provided to a business a plurality of business context combinations of targeted data associated with the business, wherein at least one of the business context combinations includes a business class of the business;

parsing the plurality of business context combinations into at least one category;

identifying service providers for the business based on the business class and one of the categories;

prioritizing the identified service providers; and

providing information associated with the identified service providers to the business based on the prioritization of the identified service providers.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising also identifying service providers for the business based on a locality of the business.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising populating a service provider list with the identified service providers for communication to the business.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising providing the service provider list via the business application.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising configuring the business application to permit a user of the business application to contact the service providers through the business application.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising configuring the business application to permit a user of the business application to engage the service providers through the business application.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising populating the service provider list during deployment of the business application.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the business context combinations includes at least one of business information, demographic information, and information associated with a user of the business application.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the prioritization of the identified service providers is based on one of price, advertising deals, and expected delivery time.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the provided information includes contact information associated with the identified service providers.

11. A computer program product encoded on a tangible medium, the product storing computer readable instructions for causing one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

identifying through a business application provided to a business a plurality of business context combinations of targeted data associated with the business, wherein at least one of the business context combinations includes a business class of the business;

parsing the plurality of business context combinations into at least one category;

identifying service providers for the business based on the business class and one of the categories;

prioritizing the identified service providers; and

providing information associated with the identified service providers to the business based on the prioritization of the identified service providers.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, the operations further comprising also identifying service providers for the business based on a locality of the business.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, the operations further comprising populating a service provider list with the identified service providers for communication to the business.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, the operations further comprising providing the service provider list via the business application.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, the operations further comprising populating the service provider list during deployment of the business application.

16. The computer program product of claim 11, the operations 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 computer program product of claim 11, the operations 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 computer program product of claim 11, wherein one of the business context combinations includes at least one of business information, demographic information, and information associated with a user of the business application.

19. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the prioritization of the identified service providers is based on one of price, advertising deals, and expected delivery time.

20. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the provided information includes contact information associated with the identified service providers.