US 8,478,815 B2 · System and method for improved SAP communications

Abstract

Improved SAP communications are provided by a terminator node that acts as termination on one end of the communication channel and links to the SAP server on the other end. A server device is also provided that optionally implements this terminator node and monitors communications between the SAP server and a client. The server device optionally condenses SAP application screens. The server device also simulates certain required responses to the SAP server to allow for a persistent session between a client and the SAP server when the actual connection may be intermittent. The server device also records required records for a transaction and provides them to a client for offline processing and then synchronizes stored offline transaction data from the client with the SAP server. The system may include a client device that optionally implements the terminator node to communicate with the server device or the SAP server.

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Dependent claims

A system for improved communication with an enterprise resource planning (ERP) application, the system comprising:

at least one computer-readable storage device;
at least one processor communicatively coupled with the at least one computer-readable storage device;
and
at least one executable program module stored on the at least one computer-readable storage device, wherein the at least one executable program module, when executed by the at least one processor,
condenses a number of user interfaces required to complete a transaction by a server application on an ERP server from a larger set of user interfaces into a smaller set of user interfaces;
provides the smaller set of user interfaces to a client application;
receives data from the client application via the smaller set of user interfaces;
and
provides the data to the server application using the larger set of user interfaces.

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A method for improved communication with an enterprise resource planning (ERP) application, the method comprising, by at least one processor which executes at least one executable program module:

condensing a number of user interfaces required to complete a transaction by a server application on an ERP server from a larger set of user interfaces into a smaller set of user interfaces;
providing the smaller set of user interfaces to a client application;
receiving data from the client application via the smaller set of user interfaces;
and
providing the data to the server application using the larger set of user interfaces.

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An apparatus for improved communication with an enterprise resource planning (ERP) application, the system comprising:

at least one computer-readable storage device;
at least one processor communicatively coupled with the at least one computer-readable storage device;
and
at least one executable program module stored on the at least one computer-readable storage device, wherein the at least one executable program module, when executed by the at least one processor,
receives one or more requests from an ERP server, the one or more requests comprising a plurality of actions to be handled by a client application,
wherein the plurality of actions comprise a first subset of one or more actions which require a response and a second subset of one or more actions which do not require a response,
sends a response to the ERP server within a predetermined time period for each of the first subset of one or more actions which require a response, and
ignores during the predetermined time period each of the second subset of one or more actions which do not require a response;
condenses a number of user interfaces required to complete a transaction on the ERP server from a larger set of user interfaces into a smaller set of user interfaces;
provides the smaller set of user interfaces to the client application;
receives data from the client application via the smaller set of user interfaces;
and
provides the data to the server application using the larger set of user interfaces.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for improved SAP communications

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