Patent ID: 8438119
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a computer system comprising one or more hardware platforms for executing computer software; and computer software deployed on the computer system as an instance of a foundation layer, the instance of the foundation layer for use in a services architecture design for implementing services-based applications in an enterprise application, the foundation layer used to support application software deployed in an application layer deployed on the computer system, where the application software includes at least one deployment unit in the application layer, where each deployment unit includes one or more process components deployed together in a single computer system, each deployment unit defining the limits of an application-defined transaction for performing application-relevant operations, where multiple instances of a single deployment unit can be deployed on separate physical computer systems, and wherein instances of the foundation layer are operable to be deployed on each of multiple hardware platforms that are distinct and separate from each other to support the application software deployed as the instances of one or more deployment units on the multiple computer systems without duplication of instances of the deployment units in a single computer system, and wherein the instance of the foundation layer deployed on the computer system contains a set of fundamental entities used by the at least one instance of the deployment units deployed on the computer system, and wherein the instances of the deployment units deployed on the computer system communicate directly with the entities in the instance of the foundation layer deployed on the corresponding computer system, the instance of the foundation layer implementing a plurality of business objects, the business objects comprising master data objects, the master data objects comprising: