Object oriented technology framework for order processing

US5987423A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Vincent Davis Arnold · Dodge Center, US
• Alf Christian Berg · Nesoddtangen, NO
• Kathryn Ann Bohrer · Austin, US
• Thomas Karl Athos Brane · Stockholm, SE
• Tore Dahl · Hässelby, SE
• Tor Michaelson · Oslo, NO
• Anders Nilsson · Hagan, NO
• Helge Odegaard · Frogner, NO
• Torbjorn Pernbeck · Stockholm, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 28, 1997
• Grant date: Nov 16, 1999
• Expiry date: Mar 28, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99953
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An object oriented programming (OOP) framework includes an Order Management (OM) mechanism that tracks sales orders received and matches them to warehouse inventory, a Sales Order (SA) mechanism that processes sales orders, and a Purchase Order (PU) mechanism that processes purchase orders. The OM mechanism comprises a category of OOP classes that provide the primary interface between the framework classes and underlying business objects that provide accounting functions and warehouse management interfaces, and the SA and PU mechanisms comprise respective categories of OOP classes that keep track of sales orders received and purchase orders issued.