I2 Technologies Us, Inc.

Jda Software Group, Inc.

I2 Technologies, Inc.

Abhay Vinayak Parasnis

Ranjit N Notani

Mark B Whipple

Mark Hanson

Haidong Li

Harsha Chaturvedi

Ashish Bharara

A request for quote (RFQ) engine () includes a data and metrics designer () that generates, in response to input from a user, a data and metrics model () for an RFQ template using a data and metrics meta-model (). The RFQ engine () also includes a state transition designer () that generates, in response to input from the user, a state transition model () for the RFQ template using a state transition meta-model (). Furthermore, the RFQ engine () includes a workflow designer () that generates, in response to input from the user, a user interface workflow () for the RFQ template using a workflow meta-model (). In addition, the RFQ engine includes an execution engine () that executes the RFQ template that includes the data and metrics model () generated by the data and metrics designer (), the state transition model () generated by the state transition designer (), and the user interface workflow () generated by the workflow designer (). The RFQ template is executed to generate an RFQ.

Generation and execution of custom requests for quote

An electronic commerce protocol stack includes a connectivity layer that receives business data from a first entity. The business data indicates that the destination of the business data is a second entity. The protocol stack also includes a translation layer that receives the business data and that translates the business data as appropriate for the second entity using one or more translation rules. The protocol stack also includes a semantic routing layer that receives the translated business data, determines the semantic meaning of at least a portion of the business data using one or more semantics rules, determines one or more appropriate destinations for the business data based on the semantic meaning, and communicates the business data the determined destinations to the connectivity layer. The connectivity layer communicates the business data to the determined destinations.

System and method for facilitating communication of data among entities in an electronic trading network

A electronic commerce protocol stack includes a connectivity layer that receives business data from a first entity. The business data indicates that the destination of the business data is a second entity. The protocol stack also includes a translation layer that receives the business data and that translates the business data as appropriate for the second entity using one or more translation rules. The protocol stack also includes a semantic routing layer that receives the translated business data, determines the semantic meaning of at least a portion of the business data using one or more semantics rules, determines one or more appropriate destinations for the business data based on the semantic meaning, and communicates the business data and the determined destinations to the connectivity layer. The connectivity layer communicates the business data to the determined destinations.

A method for distributed inventory management includes receiving information regarding a number of participants in a value chain and information regarding one or more items relevant in the value chain. The method also includes modeling relationships between two or more of the participants based on the received information and modeling the one or more items based on the received information. Furthermore, the method includes receiving inventory data from the participants relating to the one or more items, processing the inventory data based on the models of the relationships and the items to generate inventory information related to one or more of the participants, and communicating the generated inventory information to one or more of the participants. The inventory information at least partially includes information regarding inventory data of participants other than those participants to which the inventory information is communicated.

System and method for providing distributed inventory management

A computer implemented process for enterprise collaboration is provided. The process includes storing a set of predefined functions for a work flow to be performed at a plurality of distributed nodes. The process automatically interacts with the work flow at each of the distributed nodes to perform the predefined functions.

Method and system for managing collaboration within and between enterprises

An electronic marketplace system () operates on one or more computers that collectively facilitate marketplace interactions between one or more first participants () and a second participant (). The system () receives feedback as to performance of the second participant () from the first participants () based on their interactions with the second participant (). The system () associates a participant-specific rating with the second participant () based on the feedback received from a particular first participant (), the participant-specific rating of the second participant () being specific to the first participant (), being independent of feedback received from other first participants (), and being stored in a profile maintained for the first participant (). The system () accesses the profile maintained for the first participant () in response to an identification of the second participant () as a potential partner for the first participant () as to a potential interaction. According to the participant-specific rating of the second participant (), the system () provides an indication to the first participant () reflecting the desirability of interacting with the second participant () with respect to the potential interaction.

Providing decision support based on past participant performance within an electronic marketplace environment

A computer implemented method for workflow communication is provided. The method includes the following steps. First, one or more workflows are executed. Then an event manger is triggered on the occurrence of a predefined event on the workflow. Finally, a message based on the event is formulated and sent to a fixed group.

Communication across one or more enterprise boundaries regarding the occurrence of a workflow event

An exemplar workflow is disclosed for use in the design and deployment of a workflow for multi-enterprise collaboration. The computer implemented process involves allowing a workflow design to include at least one exemplar workflow. The exemplar workflow is associated with an exemplar node allowing at least one activity to be parameterized over a plurality of nodes within a node group. The process then involves instantiating the workflow such that the at least one exemplar workflow is instantiated as a plurality of activities each associated with a specific node in the node group. The workflow is deployed by distributing the activities over the nodes in the node group to provide multi-enterprise collaboration.

Exemplar workflow used in the design and deployment of a workflow for multi-enterprise collaboration

A computer implemented process is disclosed for enterprise collaboration. The process includes instantiating an object-oriented workflow where the object-oriented workflow comprises objects associated with activities to be performed within the workflow. The objects of the object-oriented workflow are then deployed across enterprise boundaries to nodes on which associated activities are to be performed. After deployment, the deployed objects are executed to provide multi-enterprise collaboration with the activities communicating data using objects that carry both data and behavior. Further, in one embodiment, the process further includes creating in-memory object models at nodes which objects executing at the nodes can access.

Object-oriented workflow for multi-enterprise collaboration

A computer implemented method for workflow synchronization is provided. The first step comprises initializing the execution of a plurality of workflows. The next step is providing synchronization logic in at least one of the plurality of workflows. In the third step the execution of a workflow is paused until the synchronization logic is complete. In the final step the execution of the plurality of workflows continues.

Synchronizing one or more workflows using one or more synchronization-join activities that include synchronization logic

A computer system for remotely accessing data in a multi-enterprise collaboration comprises a workspace associated with a first enterprise having a plurality of stored objects. The computer system further comprises a network node associated with a second enterprise, the network node being in communication with the workspace across the network. The computer system further comprises an agent generated at the network node, the agent operable to access the workspace via the network, the agent further operable to manipulate at least one of the plurality of stored objects within the workspace to perform a collaboration activity.

System and method for remotely accessing data

A computer workspace comprises a plurality of memory slots, the memory slots each operable to store at least one object. The computer workspace further comprises a permissibility framework in communication with the computer workspace, the permissibility framework maintaining access rights to each memory slot. The computer workspace further comprises an event manager in communication with the memory slots and the permissibility framework, the event manager being operable to generate messages in response to the memory slots being accessed and further in response to the access rights maintained by the permissibility framework.

Computer workspace providing event management based on a permissibility framework

A system for providing client callbacks includes a client having a client application and a client firewall operable to block a client callback to the client application from a server. The server includes a server firewall and a server workspace. The server workspace has data protected by the server firewall and a permissibility framework associating a predefined type of the data with the client application. The server workspace is operable to generate a client callback for the client application in response to the presence of the predefined data type. A server-side proxy is operable to provide the client application access to the server workspace through the server firewall. The client application is operable to connect to the server workspace via the server-side proxy to receive the client callback.

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Abhay Vinayak Parasnis