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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1998
Ranjit N. Notani, Irving, TX (US);
Abhay V. Parasnis, Irving, TX (US);
Mark B. Whipple, Dallas, TX (US);
i2 Technologies US, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
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.