System and method for identifying and generating business events

• US 20030126181A1
• Filed: 07/05/2002
• Published: 07/03/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CA Incorporated (Broadcom, Inc.), Computer Associates Think Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Computer Associates Think Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Young, Alan
• Granted Patent: US 7,421,704 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system for identifying business events is provided. The system includes a store of business process policies, and a business process manager operative to define and process the business process policies. The system further includes an event manager. The event manager includes at least one rule-based application, at least one predictive application and a store of business events. The event manager is operative to employ the rule-based application and predictive application to identify business events according to the stored business process policies.

Claims

1. A method for identifying business events, comprising:

defining a set of business process policies that control identification of at least one business event;

executing at least one rule-based application implementing the business process policies; and

executing at least one predictive application implementing the business process policies.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein defining the set of business process policies includes subscribing to an information provider which may publish the business event.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein defining the set of business process policies includes configuring an event listener to identify the business event.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of business process policies includes defining compound events which may be processed by the at least one predictive application.

5. A system for identifying business events, comprising:

a store of business process policies;

a business process manager operative to define and process the business process policies; and

an event manager including at least one rule-based application, at least one predictive application and a store of business events, the event manager employing the rule-based application and predictive application to identify business events according to the business process policies.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the store of business process policies includes reactive, proactive and predictive business process policies.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the at least one rule-based application is operative to process a subscription to an information provider which may publish a business event.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the at least one rule-based application is operative to employ an event listener to identify a business event.

9. The system of claim 5, wherein the at least one predictive application is operative to process compound business events to identify a business event.

10. A computer-readable storage medium encoded with processing instructions for identifying a business event, including:

computer readable instructions for defining a set of business process policies that control identification of at least one business event;

computer readable instructions for executing at least one rule-based application implementing the business process policies; and

computer readable instructions for executing at least one predictive application implementing the business process policies.

11. A system for identifying business events, comprising:

means for defining a set of business process policies that control identification of at least one business event;

means for executing at least one rule-based application implementing the business process policies; and

means for executing at least one predictive application implementing the business process policies.