Gertrud Wilma Beisel

US Patent:

20100070555, Mar 18, 2010

Filed:

Sep 18, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/233289

Inventors:

Jacques Duparc - Speyer, DE
Fabian Guenther - Mauer, DE
Thomas Moser - Wiesloch, DE
Peter Sieber - Wiesloch, DE
Helgi Thorleifsson - Gaiberg, DE
Markus Biehler - Landau, DE
Peter Fitz - Waldsee, DE
Jens Freund - Heidelberg, DE
Otfried Von Geisau - Sinsheim, DE
Stefan Kaetker - Dossenheim, DE
Joachim Kenntner - Heidelberg, DE
Ralf Klein - Wiesloch, DE
Dieter Krisch - Karlsruhe, DE
Peter Latocha - Malsch, DE
Peter J. Neumayer - Edenkoben, DE
Kai-Michael Roesner - Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, DE
Matthias Tebbe - Walldorf, DE
Gertrud Beisel - Foster City CA, US
Gerd Moosmann - Pforzheim, DE
Christoph Jungkind - Heidelberg, DE

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 13/00
G06F 9/44
G06F 3/00

US Classification:

709202, 719313, 719315, 719317, 717120

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing time recording. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include a Project Processing process component that supports the management of projects, a Time and Labor Management process component that supports the management of employees timekeeping and work planning, an Accounting process component that records relevant business transactions, a payroll processing process component that supports the execution and monitoring of payroll processes, and a Goods and Service Acknowledgement process component that receives a confirmation from an employee of goods received or services rendered.