Patent · US Active

Portable data management using rule definitions

US9256827B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by

38References

10Claims

0Family size

Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 9, 2012
Grant date	Feb 9, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 11, 2034

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.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.