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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eric R. Zothner, Apex, NC (US);
Assignee:
MCI, Inc., Ashburn, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/700 ; G06F 1/760 ; G06F 1/516 ; G01R 1/156 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/700 ; G06F 1/760 ; G06F 1/516 ; G01R 1/156 ;
Abstract
An approach for providing notification services using rules-based technology is disclosed. A business rule manager module maps the business rules to business triggers, in which any pre-defined action can be performed based on the rule execution. Business rule triggers map a set of object life cycle states or business processes to set(s) of business rules; these business rules are mapped to trigger conditions. Notifications are then mapped to the business triggers such that the appropriate information can be sent to the recipients according to the business conditions or business rule actions.