System and method of managing software product-line customizations
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJames Snyder, Harry Lai, Shirish Reddy, Jimmy Wan
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Abstract
A method of managing application service provider product line variations is disclosed. The method includes receiving a client customization request, creating a configuration managed file tailored to the client customization request, binding the configuration managed file to at least one customizable resource, and deploying the customizable resource to a data store. The customizable resource is instantiated after disposition at the data store.
Claims21
A method of managing application service provider product line variations, the method comprising:
- receiving a client customization request:
- creating a configuration managed file tailored to the client customization request;
- binding the configuration managed file to at least one customizable resource;
- deploying the customizable resource to a data store, wherein the customizable resource is instantiated after disposition at the data store.
12-19. (canceled)
A method of producing data comprising:
- storing a plurality of Internet transactions and identifying the transactions with an industry segment identifier and a client identifier;
- retrieving a plurality of customized resources responsive to a customer request;
- utilizing the plurality of customized resources to process the plurality of stored Internet transactions, the customized resources utilizing the industry segment identifier and the client identifier to aggregate data;
- customizing a publishing module to produce subscriber focused data by organizing the aggregated data such that the data can be utilized by the subscriber.
23-47. (canceled)
A system presenting customized data, the system comprising:
- a data store;
- a plurality of customized resources configured to retrieve data from the data store;
- a software selector module configured to select resources from the plurality of customized resources based on a client request made during operation;
- a navigation module configured to structure execution of the plurality of customized resources to create organized content;
- and
- a publishing module configured to receive the organized content and render the organized content into a customized display format.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.