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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2003
Rainer Brendle, Neckargemuund, DE;
Johannes Viegener, Karlsruhe, DE;
Stephan Ritter, Saarbruecken, DE;
Rainer Brendle, Neckargemuund, DE;
Johannes Viegener, Karlsruhe, DE;
Stephan Ritter, Saarbruecken, DE;
SAP AG, Walldorf, DE;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing to a client a definition of an object representing attributes of a first collection of data elements and an operation on the first collection, each data element having attributes and the operation in common with other data elements from the first collection, the definition comprising an effect of executing the operation on a second collection of data elements. This also includes receiving from a client a request to execute the operation on one or more data elements from the first collection, executing the operation on one or more data elements from the first collection, and updating a copy of one or more data elements from the second collection according to the effect of executing the operation.