Composing and executing service processes

US8732707B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Ulrike Greiner · Blankenloch, DE
• Ingo Weber · Sydney, AU
• York Sure · Karlsruhe, DE
• Matthias Born · Albstadt, DE
• Rainer Ruggaber · Sydney, AU
• Marek Kowalkiewicz · Ipswich, AU
• Christian Brelage · Munster, DE
• Ulrike Brecht · Berlin, DE
• Rene Fitterer · Sankt Gallen, CH
• Andreas Klein · Bonn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 6, 2009
• Grant date: May 20, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 11, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for automatically and dynamically composing and executing workflow-based service processes may include receiving a request, the request including a user-selected service type, guided by one or more rules for questionnaire creation, dynamically generating a sequence of one or more electronic inquiries in accordance with the user-selected service type, receiving information based on the sequence of the one or more electronic inquiries, based on the information received, creating a goal for the request by constructing logical state representations of a current state constituting a pre-condition of the goal and of a target state constituting a post-condition of the goal and generating a service process by determining a sequence of services which together fulfill the goal, where the services are selected from a plurality of services such that pre-conditions and post-conditions associated with the selected services together match the pre-condition and the post-condition of the goal.