# US 2010/0169864 A1 · Integration of information distribution systems

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- Number: US 2010/0169864 A1
- Document ID: US20100169864A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 12/722,867
- Filed: 2010-03-12
- Published: 2010-07-01
- Earliest claimed: 2003-07-22
- Assignees: Verizon Business Global LLC
- Inventors: Yih-Feng HWANG
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100169864A1

## CPC

- G06Q 10/10: Office automation; Time management
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

An integration component assists in the integration of information distribution systems (IDSs). The integration component may help to identify the scope of the systems that are to be integrated using a multi-level top-down approach. The multi-level top-down approach may include five levels: a system software level, a business process level, a business rule level, an interface function level, and a data level. A fault detection component may then check the identified systems to identify potential faults. This check can be performed by representing the business rules as a Transition-Directed-Graph (TDG) and then processing the TDG using generic depth-first search (DFS)-based algorithms.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of integrating software systems comprising:
identifying a scope of the integration based on a multi-level top-down approach;
identifying faults in business rules that define software in the scope of the integration by applying generic depth-first search (DFS)-based techniques to the business rules; and
modifying the business rules based on the identified faults.

### Claim at position 2

2-28. (canceled)