US 12,587,571 B2Granted

Enterprise agnostic framework for performing enterprise functions

AssigneeT-Mobile Innovations LLC

InventorsLoren J. Miller, Vaishali Patil

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Abstract

A method comprises storing a plurality of rules by which a rules engine is configured to determine an application to perform an enterprise function for the enterprise related service, wherein the application is a shared application, determining, based on a first rule stored in the data store, the shared application to perform a first enterprise function, wherein the first rule indicates that first enterprise function is capable of being performed by the shared application that is shared across a plurality of different enterprise servers, determining, by the rules engine in the communications system, based on a second rule stored in the data store, the shared application to perform a second enterprise function, where the second rule indicates that second enterprise function is also capable of being performed by the shared application that is shared across the different enterprise servers.

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Dependent claims

A method for implementing a workflow for performing an enterprise related service, comprising:

receiving, by a request handler application in a communication system, from a client application of an enterprise server, a request to perform a series of functions for the enterprise related service, wherein the series of functions comprises a security function and a data generation function, and wherein the request comprises client authentication data and input data;
determining, by a rules engine coupled to the request handler application, based on a first rule, a client authentication and authorization application to perform the security function, wherein the first rule indicates that the security function is capable of being performed by a shared application that is shared across a plurality of different enterprise servers, and wherein the client authentication and authorization application is the shared application;
providing, by the request handler application to the client authentication and authorization application, the client authentication data to authenticate the client application in the enterprise server;
determining, by the rules engine based on a second rule, a data generation application to perform the data generation function, wherein the second rule indicates that the data generation function is to be performed by at least one of an enterprise-specific application or a third-party partner application that is not shared across the different enterprise servers, and wherein the data generation application is at least one of the enterprise-specific application or the third-party partner application;
and
providing, by the request handler application, the input data to the at least one of the enterprise-specific application or the third-party partner application to perform the data generation function on the input data, wherein the at least one of the enterprise-specific application or the third-party partner application performs the data generation function on the input data.

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A communication system, comprising:

a processor;
a non-transitory memory;
a request handler application, stored in the non-transitory memory, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to be configured to receive, from a client application in an enterprise server, a request to perform a series of functions for an enterprise related service;
a rules engine, stored in the non-transitory memory, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to be configured to:
identify, based on a first rule, whether a first function in the series of functions is capable of being performed by a shared application that is shared across a plurality of different enterprise client applications, wherein the first rule indicates that the first function is capable of being performed by the shared application based on at least one of data describing the client application, data describing the enterprise server, data describing the enterprise related service, or the first function;
and
identify, based on a second rule, whether a second function in the series of functions is to be performed by at least one of an enterprise-specific application or a third-party partner application, both of which are not shared across the different enterprise client applications, wherein the second rule indicates that the second function is to be performed by the at least one of the enterprise-specific application or the third-party partner application based on at least one of the data describing the client application, the data describing the enterprise server, the data describing the enterprise related service, or the second function;
and
wherein the request handler application is further configured to instruct the shared application to perform the first function and instruct the at least one of the enterprise-specific application or the third-party partner application to perform the second function, wherein the at least one of the enterprise-specific application or the third-party partner application performs the second function.

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A method for implementing an enterprise agnostic workflow for performing an enterprise related service, comprising:

storing, in a data store in a communication system, a plurality of rules by which a rules engine is configured to determine an application to perform an enterprise function for the enterprise related service, wherein the application is at least one of a shared application, an enterprise-specific application, or a third-party partner application;
determining, by a rules engine in the communications system, based on a first rule stored in the data store, the shared application to perform a first enterprise function indicated in a first request received from a first client application of a first enterprise server, wherein the first rule indicates that first enterprise function is capable of being performed by the shared application that is shared across a plurality of different enterprise servers;
receiving, by the rules engine in the communication system, an update to the first rule stored in the data store based on an operator input received by the rules engine;
updating, by the rules engine, the first rule based on the update;
determining, by the rules engine in the communications system, based on a second rule stored in the data store, the shared application to perform a second enterprise function indicated in a second request received from a second client application of a second enterprise server, wherein the second rule indicates that second enterprise function is also capable of being performed by the shared application that is shared across the different enterprise servers;
instructing the shared application to perform the first function;
and
instructing the at least one of the enterprise-specific application or the third-party partner application to perform the second function, wherein the at least one of the enterprise-specific application or the third-party partner application performs the second function.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.