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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2004
Greg Verego, Charlotte, NC (US);
Maxine Campbell, Charlotte, NC (US);
Paul Lockyer, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Michael Axford, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Tom Berrisford, Charlotte, NC (US);
Sandy Boyd, Charlotte, NC (US);
Shanthi Iyer, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Kevin Edwards, Charlotte, NC (US);
Greg Verego, Charlotte, NC (US);
Maxine Campbell, Charlotte, NC (US);
Paul Lockyer, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Michael Axford, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Tom Berrisford, Charlotte, NC (US);
Sandy Boyd, Charlotte, NC (US);
Shanthi Iyer, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Kevin Edwards, Charlotte, NC (US);
DST Innovis, Inc., El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Abstract
A configurable business process adapted to be created from a user interface includes defining flow tasks that identify value objects and obtaining the value objects used by the flow tasks. The value objects are evaluated using evaluation rules to produce a result. The result is used, in turn, to generate instructions to a system user relating to the value objects. The configurable business process operates through a business flow engine accessible to the system user through the user interface. A business flow configuration file and an adapter configuration file are defined. The adapter configuration file maps components, methods, arguments, and return values using an XML engine. Component APIs and an evaluation rules database are provided. The business flow configuration file defines selected component APIs to be executed to perform a user-defined operation.