US 12,730,420 B2Granted

Software robot orchestration engine

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorsAllen Vi Cuong Chan, Sebastian Carbajales, Yazan Obeidi, Edward Michael Lynch, Salman Saleem Sheikh, John Henry Green, Zachary A. Silverstein

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Abstract

An embodiment configures a software robot to operate collaboratively with a plurality of platforms within a work environment. The embodiment decomposes, via the software robot, a request to perform a task received from one of the platforms, into at least one integration-action pair. An integration in this pair represents a configuration to operate on an execution platform within the plurality of platforms where a function is to be executed; an action in the pair represents the function to be performed on the execution platform. Responsive to the determination that the at least one integration-action pair does not exist in a database of integration-action pairs, the embodiment trains the software robot to perform the function on the platform.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

configuring a software robot to operate in collaboration with a plurality of platforms in a work environment;
decomposing, at the software robot, a request to perform a task received from a platform in the plurality of platforms, into at least one integration-action pair, wherein an integration in the integration-action pair is indicative of a configuration to operate on an execution platform in the plurality of platforms where a function is to be performed, and an action in the integration-action pair is indicative of the function to be performed in the execution platform;
training, responsive to a determination that the at least one integration-action pair does not exist in a database of integration-action pairs, the software robot to perform the function in the platform, the function causing a performance of the task at the platform, wherein the training comprises causing the software robot to perform a task mining operation wherein the robot (i) observes a manual execution of the task comprising the action, and (ii) replicates the action;
and
performing by the software robot, responsive to determining that the software robot lacks access permission at the execution platform to perform the task at the execution platform to perform the task, intelligent exception decisioning for performing an alternative task.

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A computer program product comprising one or more computer readable storage media, and program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

configuring a software robot to operate in collaboration with a plurality of platforms in a work environment;
decomposing, at the software robot, a request to perform a task received from a platform in the plurality of platforms, into at least one integration-action pair, wherein an integration in the integration-action pair is indicative of a configuration to operate on an execution platform in the plurality of platforms where a function is to be performed, and an action in the integration-action pair is indicative of the function to be performed in the execution platform;
training, responsive to a determination that the at least one integration-action pair does not exist in a database of integration-action pairs, the software robot to perform the function in the platform, the function causing a performance of the task at the platform, wherein the training comprises causing the software robot to perform a task mining operation wherein the robot (i) observes a manual execution of the task comprising the action, and (ii) replicates the action;
and
performing by the software robot, responsive to determining that the software robot lacks access permission at the execution platform to perform the task at the execution platform to perform the task, intelligent exception decisioning for performing an alternative task.

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A computer system comprising a processor and one or more computer readable storage media, and program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

configuring a software robot to operate in collaboration with a plurality of platforms in a work environment;
decomposing, at the software robot, a request to perform a task received from a platform in the plurality of platforms, into at least one integration-action pair, wherein an integration in the integration-action pair is indicative of a configuration to operate on an execution platform in the plurality of platforms where a function is to be performed, and an action in the integration-action pair is indicative of the function to be performed in the execution platform;
training, responsive to a determination that the at least one integration-action pair does not exist in a database of integration-action pairs, the software robot to perform the function in the platform, the function causing a performance of the task at the platform, wherein the training comprises causing the software robot to perform a task mining operation wherein the robot (i) observes a manual execution of the task comprising the action, and (ii) replicates the action;
and
performing by the software robot, responsive to determining that the software robot lacks access permission at the execution platform to perform the task at the execution platform to perform the task, intelligent exception decisioning for performing an alternative task.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.