US 8,478,705 B2 · Portable data management using rule definitions

Abstract

Embodiments for methods, systems, and computer program products for creating and managing a portable data rule using an electronic computing device are presented including: causing the electronic computing device to create a rule definition including, defining an expression by a user, where the expression defines a logic of a rule, causing the electronic computing device to parse the expression into a logical variable associated with the expression, causing the electronic computing device to identify the logical variable, and causing the electronic computing device to store the rule definition, where the rule definition includes the expression and the logical variable. In some embodiments, the causing the electronic computing device to identify the logical variable includes: causing the electronic computing device to return a name of the logical variable; and causing the electronic computing device to return an expected type of the logical variable.

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Dependent claims

A system for defining and managing a plurality of portable data rules comprising:

a user interface for managing I/O functions of the system, the user interface including a rule editor, wherein the rule editor is configured for defining a plurality of rule definitions each including at least one logical variable;
a rule repository for storing the plurality of rule definitions;
a data processing engine in electronic communication with the user interface and the rule repository for generating and executing a rule executable, wherein the rule executable is one of the plurality of portable data rules and includes a binding target for the at least one logical variable of a corresponding rule definition, and wherein at least two rule executables provide different bindings for the same rule definition;
and
a data store in electronic communication with the data processing engine for storing data upon which the rule executable operates.

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A computing device program product for creating and managing a portable data rule using a computing device, the computing device program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium;
first programmatic instructions for creating a rule definition including,
second programmatic instructions for defining an expression by a user, wherein the expression defines a logic of a rule and includes at least one logical variable,
third programmatic instructions for storing the rule definition, wherein the rule definition includes at least the expression and the at least one logical variable, and
fourth programmatic instructions for generating and executing a rule executable, wherein the rule executable is a portable data rule and includes a binding target for the at least one logical variable, and wherein at least two rule executables provide different bindings for the same rule definition;
wherein the programmatic instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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