Enterlink
First Claim
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 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.
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Abstract
The present invention, sometimes called Enterlink, for the first time provides a federated system with state that interconnects applications of multiple companies. The Enterlink connects participant companies and applications, through the Enterlink bus, with each other and with consolidated data stores, third party services, core services, public process applications, and private process applications. The Enterlink bus uses, for the first time, metachannels, a metachannel engine and a metachannel repository. Connectors connect the Enterlink public process applications and the company private process applications with the bus. The invention can be applied to the automotive retail industry, among others. The Enterlink applications, core applications, and bus, may be operated as a service to company participants.
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25 Claims
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1. A federated system with state comprising:
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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 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.
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2. A federated system with state comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A bus comprising
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 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.
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