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Portable data management using rule definitions

US8478705B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

David T. Meeks · Ashland, US
Yannick Saillet · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 15, 2010
Grant date	Jul 2, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 20, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06N5/025
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments for methods, systems, and computer program products for creating and managing a portable data rule using an electronic computing device are presented including: causing the electronic computing device to create a rule definition including, defining an expression by a user, where the expression defines a logic of a rule, causing the electronic computing device to parse the expression into a logical variable associated with the expression, causing the electronic computing device to identify the logical variable, and causing the electronic computing device to store the rule definition, where the rule definition includes the expression and the logical variable. In some embodiments, the causing the electronic computing device to identify the logical variable includes: causing the electronic computing device to return a name of the logical variable; and causing the electronic computing device to return an expected type of the logical variable.

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