Automatically generating and executing a service operation implementation for executing a task

• US 10,176,011 B2
• Filed: 06/09/2016
• Issued: 01/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TATA Consultancy Services Limited (Tata Sons Pvt Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: TATA Consultancy Services Limited (Tata Sons Pvt Ltd.)
• Inventors: Pathak, Amrish Shashikant, Aggarwal, Nikita, Saudagar, Humakausar, Vin, Harrick Mayank, Kelkar, Rahul Ramesh, Inamdar, Adwait, Deshmukh, Veena, Kancharla, Sudha Veera Venkata Lakshmi
• Primary Examiner(s): Teets, Bradley A
• Application Number:
  US15/178,160
• Publication Number:
  US 20160364262A1
• Time in Patent Office: 943 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/20 of structured data, e.g. relational data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/288 Entity relationship models
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/48 Program initiating; Program switching, e.g. by interrupt
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/00 Computing arrangements using knowledge-based models
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/022 Knowledge engineering; Knowledge acquisition
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

System and method for automatically generating and executing service operation, implementation for executing a task is disclosed. Task information and Entity relationship model associated with task is processed to identify part of the Entity Relationship Model matching with the task. Service operation template associated with the task is identified based on task information; and part of the Entity relationship model and service operation template is processed dynamically to generate and execute service operation implementation for executing the task. In another aspect, a part of an Entity relationship instance model associated with the task is identified dynamically based on the part of the Entity Relationship Model matching with the task and the task information; and part of the Entity relationship Instance model and service operation template processed dynamically, to generate and execute the service operation implementation for executing the task.

Claims

1. A method for automatically generating and executing a service operation implementation for executing a task, the method comprising:

processing, by a hardware processor, task information associated with a task, and an Entity relationship model associated with the task to identify a part of the Entity Relationship Model matching with the task;

identifying dynamically, by the hardware processor, a part of an Entity Relationship Instance Model associated with the task based on the part of the Entity Relationship Model matching with the task and the task information, wherein the Entity Relationship Instance Model comprises description related to instance data of entities, attributes and relationships between the entities and attributes depicted in the Entity Relationship Model and matching with the task;

identifying dynamically, by the hardware processor, a service operation template associated with the task based on the task information, wherein the service operation template comprises one or more pre-conditions, at least one of one or more sub-steps of the task and one or more sub-tasks, and one or more search criteria associated with at least one of the one or more sub-steps of the task and the one or more sub-tasks; and

processing dynamically, by the hardware processor, at least one of the part of the Entity relationship model and the part of the Entity Relationship Instance Model, one or more parameters associated with the task, and the service operation template to simultaneously generate and execute a service operation implementation for at least one of the one or more sub-steps of the task and the one or more sub-tasks, for executing the task associated with the service operation, wherein the simultaneous generation and execution of the one or more sub-steps and the one or more sub-tasks is based on verification of the one or more pre-conditions.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the service operation further comprises one or more service operations, and wherein the one or more service operations further comprises one or more tasks.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the Entity relationship model is based on at least one technology, or at least one resource, or at least one software application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the Entity relationship instance model is based on at least one technology instance, or at least one resource instance, or at least one software application instance.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the task information comprises a type of task, a name of the task, summary of the task, the one or more parameters to execute the task, and key element associated with the task, wherein the key element is an entity or an attribute or an association between entities or between attributes in the Entity Relationship Model.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the task is a computer implemented task for providing a computer implemented service.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the service operation template comprises of a technique for executing actions and verifying conditions necessary to perform the task.

8. A system for automatically generating and executing a service operation implementation for executing a task, the system comprising:

a hardware processor; and

a memory coupled to the hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor executes a plurality of modules stored in the memory, and wherein the plurality of modules comprises;

a pre-processing module to,

process dynamically task information associated with a task, and an Entity relationship model associated with the task to identify a part of the Entity Relationship Model matching with the task;

identify dynamically, a part of an Entity Relationship Instance Model associated with the task based on the part of the Entity Relationship Model matching with the task and the task information, wherein the Entity Relationship Instance Model comprises description related to instance data of entities, attributes and relationships between the entities and attributes depicted in the Entity Relationship Model and matching with the task; and

identify a corresponding service operation template associated with the task based on the task information, wherein the service operation template comprises one or more pre-conditions, at least one of one or more sub-steps of the task and one or more sub-tasks, and one or more search criteria associated with at least one of the one or more sub-steps of the task and the one or more sub-tasks; and

an implementation generator to process dynamically at least one of the part of the Entity relationship model and the part of the Entity Relationship Instance Model, one or more parameters associated with the task, and the service operation template to simultaneously generate and execute a service operation implementation for at least one of the one or more sub-steps of the task and the one or more sub-tasks, for executing the task associated with the service operation, wherein the simultaneous generation and execution of the one or more sub-steps and the one or more sub-tasks is based on verification of the one or more pre-conditions.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the task is a computer implemented task for providing a computer implemented service.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the service operation template comprises a technique for executing actions and verifying conditions necessary to perform the task.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the task information comprises a type of task, a name of the task, summary of the task, parameters to execute the task, and key element associated with the task, wherein the key element is an entity or an attribute or an association between entities or between attributes in the Entity Relationship Model.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a program executable in a computing device by a hardware processor for automatically generating and executing a service operation implementation for executing a task, the program comprising:

a program code for, processing dynamically, task information associated with a task, and an Entity relationship model associated with the task to Identify a part of the Entity Relationship Model matching with the task;

a program code for, identifying dynamically, a part of an Entity Relationship Instance Model associated with the task based on the part of the Entity Relationship Model matching with the task and the task information, wherein the Entity Relationship Instance Model comprises description related to instance data of entities, attributes and relationships between the entities and attributes depicted in the Entity Relationship Model and matching with the task;

a program code for, identifying dynamically, a corresponding service operation template associated with the task based on the task Information, wherein the service operation template comprises one or more pre-conditions, at least one of one or more sub-steps of the task and one or more sub-tasks, and one or more search criteria associated with at least one of the one or more sub-steps of the task and the one or more sub-tasks; and

a program code for, processing dynamically, at least one of the part of the Entity relationship model and the part of the Entity Relationship Instance Model, one or more parameters associated with the task, and the corresponding service operation template to simultaneously generate and execute a service operation implementation for at least one of the one or more sub-steps of the task and the one or more sub-tasks, for executing the task associated with the service operation, wherein the simultaneous generation and execution of the one or more sub-steps and the one or more sub-tasks is based on verification of the one or more pre-conditions.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the task is a computer implemented task for providing a computer implemented service.