Integration of applications with a financial close management system

US8682752B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Oracle International Corporation · US

Inventors

• Rajesh Bhatia · Bengaluru, IN
• John I. Clark · Seattle, US
• Shailesh Kumar · San Diego, US
• Fang Liu · Shanghai, CN
• David Battaglia · Sandy Hook, US
• Bhanu Prakash Ayyadevara · Trumbull, US
• John A. Meyerle · Manasquan, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 27, 2010
• Grant date: Mar 25, 2014
• Expiry date: Mar 31, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/12
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer-readable medium, computer-implemented method, and financial close management system are provided that includes a integration framework that allows an end user to leverage services or interfaces from external applications as part of a business process, such as a financial close process, of a financial close management system. The integration framework can integrate a task that requires the user to interact with a user interface of an external application (identified as an “end user task”) with the financial close management system. The integration framework can also integrate a task that runs without any user interaction required, and that interacts with a web service of an external application (identified as a “system automated task”) with the financial close management system.