Computer Sciences Corporation

Allison W Spann

Allen B Childress

Gregory G Jones

Brian Wolfe

Scott Lorenz

Methods, systems and carrier media for viewing business rules are disclosed. Components of the business rules may be stored as entries in one or more database tables. A rule editor may access business rule components and assemble the components to form a graphical display of a business rule. The graphical display may allow the user to view, edit and/or create business rules. In some embodiments, one or more human language translations of one or more business rule components may be provided. A human language translation may be substituted for a business rule component in the graphical display.

Method of generating a graphical display of a business rule with a translation

Methods, systems and carrier media for viewing business rules are disclosed. Components of the business rules may be stored as entries in one or more database tables. A rule editor may access business rule components and assemble the components to form a graphical display of a business rule. In various embodiments, the graphical display may allow the user to view, edit and/or create business rules.

Graphical display of business rules

A method and system for externalization of rules for assessing bodily injury general damages. An insurance company may use an expert system to develop a knowledge base in the form of business rules to process insurance claims. The business rules may be executed to assist an insurance claims adjuster in assessing bodily injury general damages. The task of creation and maintenance of the business rules, used in the assessment of claims, may be automated by the externalization of rules. The user may create a rules data table, which includes data necessary to transform it to business rules, based on a rule syntax structure specified in the template table. The transformation method orchestrates the combining of the data from the rules data table and the rule syntax structure specified in the template table and line text table. The new business rule may be saved as text in an insurance database. Changing the data stored in the rules data table and using the transformation method may accomplish updating and/or customizing the business rules.

System and method for externalization of rules for assessing damages

Components of the business rules may be stored as entries in one or more database tables. A rule editor may access business rule components and assemble the components to form a graphical display of a business rule. The graphical display may allow the user to view, edit and/or create business rules. The system may track changes made to a business rule and may store a log file of changes made. The system may delay implementing the modifications until the modifications are approved by a user having appropriate authority.

Method of modifying a business rule while tracking the modifications

A method and system for externalization of formulas for assessing bodily injury general damages. An insurance company may use an expert system to develop a knowledge base in the form of business rules and formulas to process insurance claims. The business rules may execute the formulas to assist an insurance claims adjuster in assessing bodily injury general damages. The task of creation and maintenance of the formulas, used in calculating a trauma severity value, may be automated by the externalization of formulas. The user may create a formula data table and use a translator program to create a static instance of a formula class of objects for each row in the formula data table. The business rules may invoke the calculate method to execute the formulas. Changing the data stored in the formula data table and using the translator program to create a static instance of a formulas class of objects for each row, may accomplish updating and/or customizing the formulas.

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Pflugerville, TX, United States of America

Allison W Spann