Method and apparatus for automatically executing rules in enterprise systems

US7797289B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Oracle International Corporation · US

Inventors

• Eric S. Chan · Fremont, US
• Vimal Chopra · Plano, US
• Jia-Der Day · Palo Alto, US
• Vinod Eligeti · Redwood Shores, US
• Dharmendra Jambula · Foster City, US
• Lucy Yi Liu · Fayetteville, US
• Terry M. Olkin · Niwot, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 5, 2007
• Grant date: Sep 14, 2010
• Expiry date: Apr 18, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention provides an enterprise system that automatically executes a rule associated with an event. During operation, the system receives an event object at the enterprise system. Next, the system creates an intermediate event object based on the event object, wherein the intermediate object is an invocation context for the rule. The system also filters a set of rules with the intermediate event object to obtain a subset of rules. The system then selects a rule that is associated with the event from the subset of rules. Finally, the system executes the rule.