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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2001
Fabio Casati, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ming-chien Shan, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mehmet Sayal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Fabio Casati, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ming-Chien Shan, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mehmet Sayal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Comapny, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An electronic services modeling tool for composite e-services and functionality, where a composite e-service is an e-service defined by composing other basic or composite e-services. Implementation of an e-service for composing e-services into a composite e-service. Characteristics of composite e-services and of their differences with respect to traditional workflow-like composition. Definition of a composition model suitable for e-services. Description of a prototype implementation, showing an approach that can be reused for implementing composition on top of any E-Services Platform. Providing composition functionality as an e-service, to be used not only by the owner of the ESP, but also by any designer-user. A specific type of e-service, meta-service, called Composition E-Service, allows the definition, execution, management, and monitoring of composite e-services. A language used for specifying the composition. Architecture and implementation of the CES to deliver the service on top of an ESP.