US 2019/0102811 A1Published application

Flexible cross-component configurations in cpq platforms

AssigneeOracle International Corporation

InventorsFazal Gupta, Frank Joseph Carlesimo, III, Kevin Joseph Siamis, Richard Leigh Jones, Myrland Joseph Gray, Jacob Edward Winter

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Abstract

Techniques for operating a configure, price, quote (CPQ) platform are provided. The techniques include obtaining a set of component configurations for a set of components in the CPQ platform and a system definition for a system in the CPQ platform. The component configurations include a set of component attributes for the components and a first set of attribute values for the component attributes. The system definition includes a system attribute of the system, the components, and a set of rules to be applied to the component attributes and the system attribute. Next, the rules are applied to the first set of attribute values to produce a second set of attribute values for the system attribute and the component attributes. A system configuration for the system is then outputted, wherein the first system configuration includes the second set of attribute values.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes performance of operations comprising:

obtaining a set of component configurations for a first set of components in a configure, price, quote (CPQ) platform, wherein the set of component configurations comprises:
a first set of component attributes for the first set of components;
and
a first set of attribute values for the first set of component attributes;
obtaining a first system definition for a first system in the CPQ platform, wherein the first system definition comprises:
a system attribute of the first system;
the first set of components;
and
a first set of rules to be applied to the first set of component attributes and the system attribute;
applying, by a computer system, the first set of rules to the first set of attribute values to produce a second set of attribute values for the system attribute and the first set of component attributes;
and
outputting, by the computer system, a first system configuration for the first system, wherein the first system configuration comprises the second set of attribute values.

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A method, comprising:

obtaining a set of component configurations for a first set of components in a configure, price, quote (CPQ) platform, wherein the set of component configurations comprises:
a first set of component attributes for the first set of components;
and
a first set of attribute values for the first set of component attributes;
obtaining a first system definition for a first system in the CPQ platform, wherein the first system definition comprises:
a system attribute of the first system;
the first set of components;
and
a first set of rules to be applied to the first set of component attributes and the system attribute;
applying the first set of rules to the first set of attribute values to produce a second set of attribute values for the system attribute and the first set of component attributes;
and
outputting a first system configuration for the first system, wherein the first system configuration comprises the second set of attribute values.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/996,086Filed 1 Jun 2018
Priority: 29 Sep 2017
Published: 4 Apr 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G06Q 30/0283
Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising: price estimation or determination
G06Q 30/0611
Electronic shopping [e-shopping]: request for offers or quotes
G06Q 30/0621
Electronic shopping [e-shopping]: by configuring or customising goods or services
G06Q
Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial