Method and apparatus for metadata driven business logic processing

US7433887B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Jigar Thakkar · Sammamish, US
• Jagan Peri · Issaquah, US
• Andrey Zaytsev · Sammamish, US
• Michaeljon Miller · Bellevue, US
• Navin Thadani · Bothell, US
• Youg Lu · Sammamish, US
• Jasjit Grewal · Sammamish, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 29, 2004
• Grant date: Oct 7, 2008
• Expiry date: Nov 30, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99944
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A metadata driven system for supporting business application software required in the middle tier for a line of business applications includes a process metadata module adapted to store a process in metadata format, wherein the process object contains logic related to an entity of the application software. The system allows for persistence of various entities like accounts, incidents, etc., and allows an end user of the business application software to create new types of entities. The system also allows the end user to perform critical business logic operations even on the new entities defined by the end user after the deployment of the business application without requiring recompilation of the business application software. The metadata driven approach allows to easily make changes to business applications and to automate quality assurance of objects built on top of the business applications.