US 7,519,602 B2
Systems and methods for information exchange using object warehousing
Keith S. Klemba, Palo Alto, Calif. (US); Matthias U. Kaiser, Mountain View, Calif. (US); Shuyuan Chen, Palo Alto, Calif. (US); and Frankie H. James, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US)
Assigned to SAP AG, Walldorf (Germany)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/590,332.
Prior Publication US 2008/0104260 A1, May 01, 2008
Int. Cl. G06H 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/16 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 707—10  [707/1; 707/2; 707/100; 709/228; 709/230] 39 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of exchanging information comprising:
receiving a first transport request, the first transport request comprising one or more first transport attributes, wherein the one or more first transport attributes are associated with a first data object;
storing the one or more first transport attributes and the first data object or a reference to the first data object in a repository;
receiving a second transport request, the second transport request comprising one or more second transport attributes, wherein the first and second transport requests are received across one or more networks;
executing an algorithm on a computer system for generating a response to the second transport request based on the first or second transport attributes, wherein the one or more first transport attributes of the first transport request specify a distribution policy, and wherein the algorithm is a specified distribution policy from a plurality of distribution policies for providing retrieval of the first data object;
receiving a second data object comprising a rule; and
accessing said rule and processing the first data object on the computer system based on the first or second transport attributes and said rule.