Publishing an industry business architecture model

US8954342B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Muthulakshmi Bhandari · Bengaluru, IN
• Allison Baines Botros · Independence, US
• Raman Harishankar · Blacklick, US
• Ashish Mungi · Bengaluru, IN
• Siddharth N. Purohit · Allen, US
• Jorge L. C. Sanz · Roseville, US
• Aditya Singh · Bolingbrook, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 12, 2010
• Grant date: Feb 10, 2015
• Expiry date: Jul 18, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0201
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A data-driven mechanism of business rules is used to form associations between business sectors, industries, solutions, solution offerings, and industry business architecture models. The system and method includes use of a navigation hierarchy, and entity diagram to facilitate use by business consultants for access, viewing, navigation, publishing, and updating.