Oracle International Corporation

Lynn Leah Reed

Alok Singh

Shrikant Nene

Krishna Raju Venkata Addala

Muhammad Zeeshan Butt

Sumeet Rijhsinghani

Fred Mahakian

Rajeev Bellamkonda

Samuel Wong

A distributed order orchestration is provided. The system comprises a decomposition layer configured to receive an order and determine one or more orchestration services for fulfilling the order. An orchestration layer is configured to receive the one or more orchestration services for the order and orchestration performing of the one or more orchestration services. A task layer is configured to control performing of one or more tasks for the one or more orchestration services being performed. Also, an external interface layer configured to translate and route the one or more tasks to one or more external systems for processing. The external task layer is configured to receive one or more results for performance of the one or more tasks by the one or more external systems where the one or more results used to orchestrate fulfilling the order.

Distributed order orchestration

Particular embodiments generally relate to the orchestration of an order fulfillment business process using effectivity dates and versioning. In one embodiment, a plurality of services in the order fulfillment business process are provided. A definition of a business process including one or more services is received from an interface. The one or more services may be defined in steps to be performed in the order fulfillment business process. An effectivity date associated with the definition is also received from the interface. For example, the effectivity date may be associated with the business process or individual steps in the business process and may specify a period of time during which the process or step can be used. The effectivity dates and versioning may then be enforced at run-time.

Versioning and effectivity dates for orchestration business process design

Particular embodiments provide a method for orchestrating an order fulfillment business process that includes a sub-process. In one embodiment, abstraction of business processes from an underlying information technology (IT) infrastructure is provided. An orchestration process can be designed using sub-processes such that the sub-process is assembled at run-time into an executable process. The sub-process may be defined in an interface as a single step. A plurality of services as then assembled as steps in the executable process at run-time.

Reusable business sub-processes and run-time assembly

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Lynn Leah Reed