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Frank Mock

Ralf Dentzer

Karsten K Bohlmann

Stefan Kusterer

Tobias Stein

Klaus Nottbohm

Volker Wiechers

Robert Lorch

Frederik Thormaehlen

Patrick Zimmer

Gabor Faludi

Pia Kinkel

Volker Stiehl

Robert Foldvari

Marton Pinter

Berhard Fuhge

Csaba Hegedus

Gergely Pap

Bela Tolvaj

Peter Csontos

Martin Czekalla

Ruth Groene

Sebastian Speck

Karsten Bohlmann

A core system including different program components performing distinct tasks in a workflow sequence that are initiated through status field updates of objects in database may be modified to define a new status triggering additional processes in an action management system. Once the additional processes are completed, the status field may be changed to an original status provided by the core system to trigger a second program component in the workflow sequence. The action management system may contain user customized processes that may be modified and changed independent of the functionality provided by the core system.

Extensibility of business process and application logic

Systems and methods are provided for enabling communication between two systems using different commands, variables, protocols, methods, or instructions. In an embodiment, exit points in a software application may be used to insert additional code without altering the source code. In an embodiment, this additional code may interface with a backend abstraction layer, which may contain an itemization of functions to performed on external systems or data. In an embodiment, the abstraction layer may interface with a connectivity layer. In an embodiment, the connectivity layer may include instructions in a format recognized by the external system that correspond to the desired function in the backend abstraction layer that is to be executed at the external system.

Using abstraction layers to facilitate communication between systems

Systems and methods are provided for enabling communication between a composite system providing additional functionality not contained in existing legacy systems and other existing systems using different commands, variables, protocols, methods, or instructions, when data may be located on more than one system. In an embodiment, multiple software layers are used to independently manage different aspects of an application. A business logic layer may be used in an embodiment to facilitate reading/writing operations on data that may be stored locally and/or on external systems using different commands, variables, protocols, methods, or instructions. A backend abstraction layer may be used in an embodiment in conjunction with the business logic layer to facilitate communication with the external systems. A user interface layer may be used in an embodiment to manage a user interface, a portal layer to manage a user context, and a process logic layer to manage a workflow.

Composite system to integrate process systems using secondarily created process objects for local database operations and inter process system communications

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Diedorf, Germany

Frank Mock