# US 9,436,362 B2 · OData service provisioning on top of GenIL layer > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,436,362 B2 - Document ID: US9436362B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/596,933 - Filed: 2015-01-14 - Published: 2015-05-14 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2012-04-26 - Assignees: Sap SE - Applicants: Zhiqiang Wu; Christian Weiss; Joerg Singler - Inventors: Zhiqiang Wu; Christian Weiss; Joerg Singler - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9436362B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0484: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range - G06F 16/258: {Data format conversion from or to a database} - G06F 16/955: using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL] - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - H04L 67/60: Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources (admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for allowing provisioning of open data protocol (OData) services on top of a generic interaction layer (GenIL). One computer-implemented method includes receiving an OData-compliant request for data, determining a GenIL data provider to receive the OData-compliant request for data, determining the memory location of the data, requesting the data from the determined memory location, receiving the requested data from the determined memory location, converting, using at least one computer, the received data into an OData-compliant format, rendering an OData-compliant response, and transmitting the OData-compliant response. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving an open data protocol (OData)-compliant request for data, wherein the OData-compliant request for data is for at least one of an object model or object-model-associated runtime data, wherein the object-model-associated runtime data is associated with an object model mapped from a generic interaction layer (GenIL)-compliant format to an OData-compliant format, and wherein the request is processed by a generic runtime component that remains stateless between individual OData-compliant requests for data and access to determined memory locations of the data; determining, using at least one computer, a GenIL data provider to receive the OData-compliant request for data; receiving the data from a determined memory location; and transmitting a rendered OData-compliant response based on the received data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, comprising converting, using at least one computer, the received data into an OData-compliant format. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the OData-compliant request for data is generated pre-runtime. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, comprising rendering the OData-compliant response. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the GenIL data provider is for providing GenIL-compliant data for at least one of an object model or runtime data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the request for data from the determined memory location is in a GenIL-compliant format. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising constructing an OData object model from the received data. ### Claim 8 A computer-program product, the computer program product comprising computer-readable instructions embodied on tangible, non-transitory media, the instructions operable when executed to perform operations to: receive an open data protocol (OData)-compliant request for data, wherein the OData-compliant request for data is for at least one of an object model or object-model-associated runtime data, wherein the object-model-associated runtime data is associated with an object model mapped from a generic interaction layer (GenIL)-compliant format to an OData-compliant format, and wherein the request is processed by a generic runtime component that remains stateless between individual OData-compliant requests for data and access to determined memory locations of the data; determine a GenIL data provider to receive the OData-compliant request for data; receive the data from a determined memory location; and transmit a rendered OData-compliant response based on the received data. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The computer-program product of claim 8, further comprising one or more instructions to convert the received data into an OData-compliant format. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The computer-program product of claim 8, wherein the OData-compliant request for data is generated pre-runtime. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The computer-program product of claim 8, further comprising one or more instructions to render the OData-compliant response. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The computer-program product of claim 8, wherein the GenIL data provider provides GenIL-compliant data for at least one of an object model or runtime data. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The computer-program product of claim 8, wherein the request for data from the determined memory location is in a GenIL-compliant format. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The computer-program product of claim 8, further comprising one or more instructions to construct an OData object model from the received data. ### Claim 15 A system, comprising: a computer memory operable to store at least one of object model or object-model-associated runtime data; and at least one hardware processor interoperably coupled to the computer memory and configured to: receive an open data protocol (OData)-compliant request for data, wherein the OData-compliant request for data is for at least one of an object model or object-model-associated runtime data, wherein the object-model-associated runtime data is associated with an object model mapped from a generic interaction layer (GenIL)-compliant format to an OData-compliant format, and wherein the request is processed by a generic runtime component that remains stateless between individual OData-compliant requests for data and access to determined memory locations of the data; determine a GenIL data provider to receive the OData-compliant request for data; receive the data from a determined memory location; and transmit a rendered OData-compliant response based on the received data. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, further configured to convert the received data into an OData-compliant format. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the OData-compliant request for data is generated pre-runtime. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, further configured to render the OData-compliant response. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the GenIL data provider provides GenIL-compliant data for at least one of an object model or runtime data. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, further configured to construct an OData object model from the received data. ### Claim 21 A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving an open data protocol (OData)-compliant request for data, wherein the request is processed by a generic runtime component that remains stateless between individual OData-compliant requests for data and access to determined memory locations of the data, wherein the OData-compliant request for data is generated pre-runtime and is for at least one of an object model or object-model-associated runtime data, and wherein the object-model-associated runtime data is associated with an object model mapped from a generic interaction layer (GenIL)-compliant format to an OData-compliant format; determining a GenIL data provider to receive the OData-compliant request for data wherein the GenIL data provider provides GenIL-compliant data for at least one of an object model or runtime data; receiving the data from a determined memory location, wherein a request for the data from the determined memory location is in a GenIL-compliant format; and transmitting a rendered OData-compliant response based on the received data converted into an OData-compliant format.