US 2019/0095261 A1 · SOFTWARE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Abstract

The disclosed technology provides a multiapplication workflow engine. The multiapplication workflow engine includes a request processing engine, a multiapplication workflow configuration manager, and a multiapplication workflow execution engine. The request processing engine is configured to receive instructions to execute a multiapplication workflow. The multiapplication workflow defines two or more operations and provides a functionality definition corresponding to each of the operations and an interface definition corresponding to each of the operations. The interface defintions of each operation are defined so that operations that execute successively have compatible interface definitions. The multiapplication workflow configuration manager is configured to instatiate one or more applications that satisfy the interface definition and the functionality definition for each operation in a protected execution environment, where the applications are configured to communicate via compatible interfaces. The multiapplication workflow engine is configured to execute the multiapplication workflow in the protected execution environment.

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Dependent claims

A multiapplication workflow engine comprising:

one or more computing processors;
a request processing engine configured to receive instruction to execute a multiapplication workflow via the one or more computing processors, the multiapplication workflow defining two or more operations and providing a functionality definition corresponding to each of the two or more operations and an interface definition corresponding to each of the two or more operations, the interface definition corresponding to each operation being defined such that operations that are executed successively have compatible interface definitions;
a multiapplication workflow configuration manager configured to instantiate one or more applications executed by the one or more computing processors, the one or more applications satisfying the interface definition and functionality definition for each of the two or more operations in a protected execution environment, the one or more applications each being configured to communicate via compatible interfaces defined by the compatible interface definitions and being ordered in accordance with execution order positions provided by the multiapplication workflow;
and
a multiapplication workflow execution engine configured to execute the multiapplication workflow via the one or more computing processors in the protected execution environment, data being passed between the one or more applications through the compatible interfaces.

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A method comprising:

receiving instruction to execute a multiapplication workflow, the multiapplication workflow defining two or more operations and providing a functionality definition corresponding to each of the two or more operations and an interface definition corresponding to each of the two or more operations, the interface definition corresponding to each operation being defined such that operations that are executed successively have compatible interface definitions;
instantiating one or more applications that satisfy the interface definition and functionality definition for each of the two or more operations in a protected execution environment, the one or more applications each configured to communicate via compatible interfaces defined by the compatible interface definitions and being ordered in accordance with execution order positions provided by the multiapplication workflow;
and
executing the multiapplication workflow in the protected execution environment, data being passed between the one or more applications through the compatible interfaces.

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One or more tangible processor-readable storage media embodied with instructions for executing on one or more processors and circuits of a computing device a process comprising:

receiving instruction to execute a multiapplication workflow, the multiapplication workflow defining two or more operations and providing a functionality definition corresponding to each of the two or more operations and an interface definition corresponding to each of the two or more operations, the interface definition corresponding to each operation being defined such that operations that are executed successively have compatible interface definitions;
instantiating one or more applications that satisfy the interface definition and functionality definition for each of the two or more operations in a protected execution environment, the one or more applications each configured to communicate via compatible interfaces defined by the compatible interface definitions and being ordered in accordance with execution order positions provided by the multiapplication workflow;
and
executing the multiapplication workflow in the protected execution environment, data being passed between the one or more applications through the compatible interfaces.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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