ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,294, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SAP SE (Walldorf, Germany).

"Asynchronous ping messages for determining capability of systems for executing asynchronous protocols" was invented by Matthias Vogel (Saarbrucken, Germany) and Benny Rolle (Reinhardshagen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for using asynchronous ping messages for determining capability of systems for executing asynchronous protocols. One example method includes sending a work package to at least one application in a multiple-application landscape to determine capabilities of ...