System and method for managing changes to business rules

US7827206B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Peter Holmes · Delanson, US
• Joshy Joseph · Poughkeepsie, US
• Naveen Sachdeva · Dorpsstraat, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 3, 2005
• Grant date: Nov 2, 2010
• Expiry date: Nov 2, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A rules change management system and method. The system comprises a first computing system comprising a first memory system. The first memory system comprises a rules change management engine. The first computing system receives a set of meta-rules associated with rules stored in a second memory system within a second computing system. The set of meta-rules are stored in the first memory system. The computing system receives a request to change a rule of the rules. The rules change management engine applies at least one associated meta-rule of the set of meta-rules to the request. The rules change management engine determines if the request may be executed based on the applying.