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Using sub-processes across business processes in different composites

US9552239B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Oracle International Corporation · US

Inventors

Yogesh Kumar · Sunnyvale, US
Glenn Weiqun Mi · Saratoga, US
Muruganantham Chinnananchi · Cupertino, US
Michal Chmielewski · San Jose, US
Murali Pottlapelli · Chino, US
Ronald Ten-Hove · Concord, US
Simone Geib · Redwood City, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 9, 2013
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 28, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06Q10/10
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for facilitating reuse of a portion of process logic by different processes. An example method includes providing a subprocess that is adapted to perform the process logic in a file accessible to a composite system, wherein the subprocess is adapted to be called by a first parent process via a subprocess extension to a business process language employed to encode the first parent process; using a call activity defined as part of the subprocess extension, and included in a scope of the first parent process to facilitate access to functionality of the subprocess by the parent process; and employing a business process engine to facilitate instantiating the subprocess, resulting in an instantiated subprocess in response thereto; and using a second parent process to share use of the instantiated subprocess with the first parent process.

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