System and method for building a rulebase
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1. A method for building a rulebase, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of rulebase components; and
merging the rulebase components to create a consolidated rulebase.
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Abstract
A method for building a rulebase includes receiving a plurality of rulebase components. The method also includes merging the rulebase components to create a consolidated rulebase.
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1. A method for building a rulebase, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of rulebase components; and
merging the rulebase components to create a consolidated rulebase. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for building a rulebase, comprising:
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a memory operable to store a plurality of rulebase components; and
one or more processors collectively operable to merge the rulebase components to create a consolidated rulebase. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. Logic embodied on at least one computer readable medium and operable when executed to:
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receiving a plurality of rulebase components; and
merging the rulebase components to create a consolidated rulebase.
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24. A system for building a rulebase, comprising:
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means for receiving a plurality of rulebase components; and
means for merging the rulebase components to create a consolidated rulebase.
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25. A method for building a rulebase, comprising:
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communicating a plurality of rulebase components to a rulebase builder; and
receiving from the rulebase builder a consolidated rulebase, the rulebase builder operable to merge the rulebase components to create the consolidated rulebase. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An object-oriented programming language for building rulebases, comprising:
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a class element identifying one or more fields and one or more methods;
a constraint element identifying a condition placed on a value of at least one field, the constraint element also identifying a violation action to be performed when the condition is violated;
a rule element identifying a rule associated with at least one of the fields; and
wherein at least one of the fields may be associated with a number datatype, the number datatype operable to represent both integer and floating point values, the number datatype having a corresponding precision identifying a number of decimal places associated with the number datatype. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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