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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2003
Andreas Kraemer, Berlin, DE;
Andreas Steiner, Mannheim, DE;
Bernhard Teltscher, Speyer, DE;
Stein Wanvik, Wiesloch, DE;
Albert Haag, Bad Duerkheim, DE;
Andreas Kraemer, Berlin, DE;
Andreas Steiner, Mannheim, DE;
Bernhard Teltscher, Speyer, DE;
Stein Wanvik, Wiesloch, DE;
Albert Haag, Bad Duerkheim, DE;
SAP Aktiengesellschaft, , DE;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for a multi-purpose configuration model. A computer program product, tangibly stored on a machine-readable medium, for defining a configuration model for a configurable product, includes instructions operable to cause a programmable processor to receive input. The product includes instructions to define, based on the input, a base component of the configuration model, the base component including information that describes the product. The product includes instructions to include, as a child object of the base component, a reused subcomponent that was previously defined, the reused subcomponent including information that describes the product.