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Enterlink conductor

  • US 20020094711A1
  • Filed: 07/03/2001
  • Published: 07/18/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A federated system with state comprising:

  • a. a bus;

    b. consolidated data stores, connected to the bus;

    c. means for core services, connected to the bus;

    d. means for public process applications, connected to the bus;

    e. a plurality of private process connectors, each connected to the bus and each adapted to connect with a private process application of a participant; and

    f. a web connection, connected to the bus and adapted to connect to third party services, wherein the consolidated data stores contain retail automotive industry data including;

    a. an operational data store; and

    b. a data warehouse for automobile service, automobile parts, and automobile customers, the core services include;

    a. management of participant trading agreements;

    b. public process application integration;

    c. integration of private process applications to public processes;

    d. metachannel support and directory;

    e. data transformation; and

    f. internal business support functions, including monitoring and billing, the public process applications include;

    a. a warranty workflow application;

    b. a parts management application;

    c. a service scheduling application;

    d. a service history application; and

    e. an inventory management application, the private process connectors include;

    a. a dealer management system connector;

    b. a dealer communication system connector;

    c. an automobile manufacturer internal system connector; and

    d. a finance company internal system connector, the participants include;

    a. automobile consumers;

    b. automobile manufacturers;

    c. government entities;

    d. automobile exchanges; and

    e. external data suppliers, the connectors comprise;

    a. an application specific interface;

    b. a translation layer; and

    c. an interface specific to the bus, the third party services comprise;

    a. automotive finance;

    b. lead management;

    c. automotive research;

    d. insurance; and

    e. parts locator, and the bus comprises a. a physical bus, with a plurality of channels;

    b. a metachannel for connecting channels to each other;

    c. a plurality of compound processes that interact with the plurality of channels and the metachannel;

    d. a first process engine to facilitate the reading of messages from, and the writing of messages to channels;

    e. a metachannel engine to control the interactions with the metachannel;

    f. a metachannel repository that stores process services available to a plurality of applications;

    g. a singular process model to identify the steps to be taken by a singular public process engine for processing a singular public process; and

    h. a conductor that interacts with the compound processes to process the messages, wherein the conductor comprises;

    a. a second process engine that executes compound processes;

    b. a compound process repository that stores compound processes;

    c. a process engine user interface to monitor and manage the second process engine;

    d. a conductor engine that controls the operation of the second process engine;

    e. a conductor repository that stores participant objects and relationship objects; and

    f. a conductor user interface to monitor and manage the conductor engine.

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