Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080215397 | SYSTEM AND MECHANISM TO CREATE AUTONOMIC BUSINESS SOLUTIONS - Automomic business processes management solutions have capabilities to adapt themselves to changes in the business environment. These autonomic business solutions are built by wiring together autonomic solution components called BPbots (Business Process robots). BPbots are granular solution components representing an aspect of a business process. In general, BPbots consist of two parts, an execution module and a managerial module. The execution module represents the standard, non-autonomic solution component, such as a standard process flow model describing the long-running flow or business adapter describing the communication of the solution with service providers (such as applications). The managerial module is responsible for the autonomic behavior of the BPbot. The managerial component has the ability to monitor the execution module, analyze the performance, plan new, more appropriate execution patterns and change the behavior of the execution module according to the new plan. | 09-04-2008 |
20080307211 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION OF AN ON-DEMAND OPERATING ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided for systematic and dynamic configuration of an On Demand Operating Environment (ODOE) and the business solutions built upon the ODOE. The method provides a configuration specification that defines an On Demand Configuration Language (ODCL). An editor enables the business user to describe the consistency constraints applicable to the business in terms of the ODCL. This language is then used to transform the high-level business consistency constraints to low-level configuration parameters applicable to services and hosted business solutions in the ODOE. These services and hosted business solutions are organized into a plurality of layers to facilitate development of the configuration specification and better enable controls over consistent implementation of configuration changes. A two phase configuration commitment protocol is provided to ensure the consistent implementation of interdependent configuration parameters applicable to the services and hosted business solutions within the ODOE. | 12-11-2008 |
20090018879 | METHOD AND SYSTEM SUPPORTING BUSINESS SOLUTION VALIDATION IN A COMPONENT BUSINESS MODEL - A method and system for validating business solutions by evaluating the business services from which the solution is composed, aggregating these evaluations in accordance with a service composition structure, and comparing the aggregated evaluation to target objectives for the business solution, where the service evaluations and the target objectives use the same metrics, which are surrogates for the business solution objectives. A business solution has a Business Level Agreement (BLA) which states business objectives. A business service has a Business Service Level Agreement (BSLA) which states operational objectives. A business solution is seen as a composition of business services. Therefore, the BLA is validated by evaluating and then aggregating the BSLA's for all business services from which the business solution is composed, and then comparing the aggregation against target values of the surrogates. Validation occurs: (1) during solution template composition, (2) at service binding times, and (3) during solution execution via business monitoring. | 01-15-2009 |
20090083108 | ENTERPRISE SYSTEM HAVING A SMART DISTANCE AMONG ARTIFACTS, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THE SMART DISTANCE AMONG THE ARTIFACTS - An enterprise system includes a plurality of artifacts (e.g., persons, objects, databases, autonomous elements, intelligent agents, information systems, etc), and a smart distance (e.g., a distance which may optimize the performance of the enterprise system) between the plurality of artifacts. | 03-26-2009 |
20090089276 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PRODUCTS FOR A MONITORING CONTEXT GENERATOR - Systems, methods and computer products for generating calculation context classes from a relationship between structured data and a calculation procedure, the context classes having parent-child relationships. Exemplary embodiments include a method including searching the calculation procedure for a first data definition, generating a first context from a first scope applied to the first data definition, tracing back the calculation procedure to obtain a second data definition for calculating the first data definition and to which the first scope is applied, copying the calculation procedure into the first context until the second data definition is obtained, obtaining a second scope applied to the second data definition, obtaining a second context generated from the second scope, determining an existence of an order comparison of the first scope with the second scope and obtaining order from the structured data. | 04-02-2009 |
20090216899 | REDUCTION OF MESSAGE FLOW BETWEEN BUS-CONNECTED CONSUMERS AND PRODUCERS - A system, method, and computer readable medium for reducing message flow on a message bus are disclosed. The method includes determining if at least one logical operator in a plurality of logical operators requires processing on a given physical processing node in a group of physical nodes. In response to determining that the logical operator requires processing on the given physical processing node, the logical operator is pinned to the given physical processing node. Each logical operator in the plurality of logical operators is assigned to an initial physical processing node in the group of physical processing nodes on a message bus. | 08-27-2009 |
20090234758 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING PROFIT LEAKAGE - A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium manage and predict profit leakage. A dynamic deduction space is created that includes a plurality of dimensions associated with historical deduction data and profit leakage information associated with a combination of two or more of the dimensions. Information associated with an open deduction is received. A dimension set in the deduction space is identified that corresponds to the open deduction. A profit leakage classification is assigned to the open deduction based on profit leakage information associated with the dimension set. | 09-17-2009 |
20090281845 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CONSTRUCTING AND EXPLORING KPI NETWORKS - A method and system for constructing and exploring KPI networks, in one aspect, identified KPIs associated with a performance target. Correlated or dependent KPIs are determined and correlations or dependencies are weighed to provide the degree of relevance in the KPI network. Influential chains in the correlation are determined. KPIs and associated correlations may be mined using historical data. | 11-12-2009 |
20120166254 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ON DEMAND BUSINESS ACTIVITY MANAGEMENT USING BUSINESS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT LOOPS - An architecture, system, and method are provided for a commitment loop solution for on demand business activity management. A Business Performance Management (BPM) loop includes nodes each relating to different tasks for processing performance management trigger data generated by a business entity in real time. The beginning or sensing element of the loop is triggered by a token (representing a business event from a business process). The ending or executing element provides a business action to be implemented by the business entity. The token is passed from node to node sequentially in a particular order around the loop. Processing of the data represented by the token is governed by policies, which can be changed dynamically and follow a life cycle. | 06-28-2012 |
20120296624 | Monitoring Enterprise Performance - The techniques provided herein include obtaining a model of an enterprise operation that specifies initiation and one or more evolution milestones of one or more business entities, formulating one or more performance metrics for the enterprise operation, wherein the one or more performance metrics are calculated from the one or more business entities, the one or more evolution milestones, and one or more relevant external events, and using the one or more business entities and one or more performance metrics to automatically create an executable performance monitoring model for the enterprise operation, wherein the executable performance monitoring model processes data in the one or more business entities, the one or more evolution milestones, and the one or more relevant external events to compute the one or more performance metrics for the enterprise operation. | 11-22-2012 |
20120297085 | REDUCTION OF MESSAGE FLOW BETWEEN BUS-CONNECTED CONSUMERS AND PRODUCERS - A system, method, and computer readable medium for reducing message flow on a message bus are disclosed. The method includes determining if at least one logical operator in a plurality of logical operators requires processing on a given physical processing node in a group of physical nodes. The logical operator is pinned to the given physical processing node. The pinning prevents any subsequent reassignment of the logical operator to another physical processing node. Each logical operator in the plurality of logical operators is assigned to an initial physical processing node in the group of physical processing nodes on a message bus. A determination is made as to whether at least one logical operating in the plurality of logical operators needs to be reassigned to a different physical processing node. The at least one logical operator is reassigned to the different physical processing node. | 11-22-2012 |