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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2001
Bruce Hartley, Elbert, CO (US);
Frank Ricotta, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Jim Vanderwall, Denver, CO (US);
Tony Locke, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Tony Perkins, Northglenn, CO (US);
Rodney Brown, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Other;
Abstract
The disclosure includes a computational system implemented with respect to a novel computational architecture for operating an externally-defined data based on client-defined rules. In one of the implementations, the architecture is utilized in a billing and customer service program. The architecture includes a engine unit which includes a number of processing modules which internally operate on generic data units that are independent of the particular application. A metadata engine receives externally-defined data and relates the externally-defined data and the relates the externally-defined data to the generic data units for use for the engine unit. A rules-based engine provides to the engine unit information related to the client defined rules. In this manner, the engine unit can be reused in a large part in a variety of different environments.