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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2009
Ulrike Greiner, Fruthwilen, CH;
Ingo Weber, Friedrichshafen, DE;
York Sure, Karlsruhe, DE;
Matthias Born, Karlsruhe, DE;
Rainer Ruggaber, Karlsruhe, DE;
Marek Kowalkiewicz, Moggill, AU;
Christian Brelage, Münster, DE;
Ulrike Brecht, Berlin, DE;
Rene Fitterer, St. Gallen, CH;
Andreas Klein, Weingarten, DE;
Ulrike Greiner, Fruthwilen, CH;
Ingo Weber, Friedrichshafen, DE;
York Sure, Karlsruhe, DE;
Matthias Born, Karlsruhe, DE;
Rainer Ruggaber, Karlsruhe, DE;
Marek Kowalkiewicz, Moggill, AU;
Christian Brelage, Münster, DE;
Ulrike Brecht, Berlin, DE;
Rene Fitterer, St. Gallen, CH;
Andreas Klein, Weingarten, DE;
SAP AG, Walldorf, DE;
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for automatically and dynamically composing and executing workflow-based service processes may include receiving a request, the request including a user-selected service type, guided by one or more rules for questionnaire creation, dynamically generating a sequence of one or more electronic inquiries in accordance with the user-selected service type, receiving information based on the sequence of the one or more electronic inquiries, based on the information received, creating a goal for the request by constructing logical state representations of a current state constituting a pre-condition of the goal and of a target state constituting a post-condition of the goal and generating a service process by determining a sequence of services which together fulfill the goal, where the services are selected from a plurality of services such that pre-conditions and post-conditions associated with the selected services together match the pre-condition and the post-condition of the goal.