US 8,239,226 B2Granted

Methods and apparatus for combining properties and methods from a plurality of different data sources

AssigneeSourcecode Technologies Holdings, Inc.

InventorsAdriaan van Wyk, Ben Fourie, Schalk de Jager, Pieter Janson, Natachya Raath, Lenz le Roux, Wynand du Toit, Olaf Wagner

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Abstract

The disclosed system empowers technical and non technical users to author logical business objects, author intelligent business forms, and create automated workflows. The logical business objects include data definitions and methods from existing and new data sources. An object broker interprets the business object definition and brokers data/information and method calls to the data sources. The intelligent business forms are created by an information worker in a rich web-based tooling environment. Each form is intelligent enough to recognize other forms that it might co-exist with on a single page, as well as how to react based on events that occur on these related forms. The automated workflow tools include process discovery features that assist users during the process identification phase. The tools assist both technical and non technical users to identify processes within the organization, including supporting solution artifacts such as forms, rules, actions, outcomes and business objects involved. Process modeling features include the ability to combine defined artifacts into a process model that can be published into a runtime environment where it can be executed and used by business users in the organization.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A method of combining properties and methods from a plurality of different database systems, the method comprising:

executing a first broker service to interact with a first data source using a first protocol to generate a first business object, the first business object including a first property and a first method wherein the first property and the first method define the first business object, the first business object being in a declarative format;
executing a second broker service to interact with a second data source using a second protocol to generate a second business object, the first protocol being different than the second protocol, the second business object including a second property and a second method wherein the second property and the second method define the second business object, the second business object being in the declarative format;
executing an object broker process to generate a first combined business object that includes the first property, the first method, the second property and the second method, wherein the first property, the first method, the second property and the second method define the first combined business object, the object broker process using the first broker service and the second broker service;
storing the first combined business object, the first combined business object being in the declarative format
accessing the first combined business object through a form;
adding additional data to the first combined business object through the form, and if the additional data cannot be stored in the first data source or the second data source, adding an add-on data source to the plurality of different database systems, the add-on data source including properties and methods, and storing the additional data in the add-on data source;
executing an object broker process to generate a second combined business object that includes the first property, the first method, the second property, the second method, and at least one property or method from the add-on data source, wherein the first property, the first method, the second property, the second method and the at least one property or method from the add-on data source define the second combined business object, the object broker process using the first broker service and the second broker service;
and
storing the second combined business object, the second combined business object being in the declarative format.

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A computer readable medium storing instructions for combining properties and methods from a plurality of different database systems, the instructions to cause a computing device to:

execute a first broker service to interact with a first data source using a first protocol to generate a first business object, the first business object including a first property and a first method wherein the first property and the first method define the first business object, the first business object being in a declarative format;
execute a second broker service to interact with a second data source using a second protocol to generate a second business object, the first protocol being different than the second protocol, the second business object including a second property and a second method wherein the second property and the second method define the second business object, the second business object being in the declarative format;
execute an object broker process to generate a first combined business object that includes the first property, the first method, the second property and the second method, wherein the first property, the first method, the second property and the second method define the first combined business object, the object broker process using the first broker service and the second broker service;
store the first combined business object, the first combined business object being in the declarative format;
access the first combined business object through a form;
add additional data to the first combined business object through the form, and if the additional data cannot be stored in the first data source or the second data source, add an add-on data source to the plurality of different database systems, the add-on data source including properties and methods, and store the additional data in the add-on data source;
execute an object broker process to generate a second combined business object that includes the first property, the first method, the second property, the second method, and at least one property or method from the add-on data source, wherein the first property, the first method, the second property, the second method and the at least one property or method from the add-on data source define the second combined business object, the object broker process using the first broker service and the second broker service;
and
store the second combined business object, the second combined business object being in the declarative format.

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A computing device for combining properties and methods from a plurality of different database systems, the computing device:

executing a first broker service to interact with a first data source using a first protocol to generate a first business object, the first business object including a first property and a first method wherein the first property and the first method define the first business object, the first business object being in a declarative format;
executing a second broker service to interact with a second data source using a second protocol to generate a second business object, the first protocol being different than the second protocol, the second business object including a second property and a second method wherein the second property and the second method define the second business object, the second business object being in the declarative format;
executing an object broker process to generate a first combined business object that includes the first property, the first method, the second property and the second method, wherein the first property, the first method, the second property and the second method define the first combined business object, the object broker process using the first broker service and the second broker service;
storing the first combined business object, the first combined business object being in the declarative format;
accessing the first combined business object through a form;
adding additional data to the first combined business object through the form, and if the additional data cannot be stored in the first data source or the second data source, adding an add-on data source to the plurality of different database systems, the add-on data source including properties and methods, and storing the additional data in the add-on data source;
executing an object broker process to generate a second combined business object that includes the first property, the first method, the second property, the second method, and at least one property or method from the add-on data source, wherein the first property, the first method, the second property, the second method and the at least one property or method from the add-on data source define the second combined business object, the object broker process using the first broker service and the second broker service;
and
storing the second combined business object, the second combined business object being in the declarative format.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/556,047Filed 2 Nov 2006 · us provisional application
Priority: 2 Nov 2005
Published: US 2007/0130162 A17 Jun 2007
Granted: 7 Aug 2012
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification2 codes

G06Q 10/06
Administration; Management: resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation…
G06Q
Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial

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Application60/733,330Us provisional application · filed 2 Nov 2005
Application60/733,329Us provisional application · filed 2 Nov 2005
Application60/733,328Us provisional application · filed 2 Nov 2005
US 2007/0130162 A1Pre-grant publication · published 7 Jun 2007
US 8,239,226 B2This patent

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