Data tranformations for applications supporting different data formats
US8275779B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 22, 2009 |
| Grant date | Sep 25, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 20, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/88
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention allow structured data to be transferred between a source application and a target application that process structured data in different formats. For example, structured data may have a set of associated rules which transform the structured data based on a set of variables. The source application may register variable definitions for each of the variables in a registry. The target application may read the registry and register values for each of the rule variables. Once values are registered for the variables, the source application may transfer the structured data to a transformation engine that applies the rules, using the registered values for the variables, to transform the structured data into a format compatible with the target application. In doing so, the transformation engine can generate a document in any format compatible with the target application and subsequently transfer the generated document to the target application.
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