Reusable canonical e-business process
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1. An e-business system comprising:
- at least one external standard interface that receives a business item in an external standard format and transforms the business item to an internal standard format; and
, an internal standard interface that receives the business item in an internal standard format, implements business logic associated with an internal business process and provides an output based, at least in part, upon the business item in an internal standard format and the implemented business logic.
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Abstract
A system and method to facilitate a reusable canonical e-business process is provided. A two-layer approach is employed. With regard to incoming information, a first level includes one or more external interfaces which transform information received (e.g., from an external trading partner) into an internal standard format. The internal standard format is then used by a second level internal interface to facilitate an internal business process. Similarly, for outgoing information, information is first processed by an internal standard interface and then transformed from an internal standard format into external standard format(s) by appropriate external standard interface(s).
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1. An e-business system comprising:
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at least one external standard interface that receives a business item in an external standard format and transforms the business item to an internal standard format; and
,an internal standard interface that receives the business item in an internal standard format, implements business logic associated with an internal business process and provides an output based, at least in part, upon the business item in an internal standard format and the implemented business logic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An e-business system comprising:
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an internal standard interface that receives the business item in an internal standard format, implements business logic associated with an internal business process and provides an output based, at least in part, upon the business item in an internal standard format and the implemented business logic; and
,at least one external standard interface that receives the business item in an internal standard format and transforms the business item to an external standard format. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An e-business system comprising:
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an external standard layer that receives a business item in an external standard format and transforms the business item to an internal standard format; and
,an internal standard layer that receives the business item in an internal standard format, implements business logic associated with an internal business process and provides an output based, at least in part, upon the business item in an internal standard format and the implemented business logic. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of facilitating e-business comprising:
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transforming a business item in an external standard format into an internal standard format;
implementing business logic associated with an internal business process upon the transformed business item; and
,providing an output associated with the business item in the internal standard format the implemented business logic. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of facilitating e-business comprising:
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implementing business logic associated with an internal business process upon a business item, the business item being in an internal standard format;
transforming the business item to an external standard format. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A data packet transmitted between two or more computer components that facilitates e-business, the data packet comprising:
a business input transformed by an external business process interface from an external standard format into an internal standard format.
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26. A computer readable medium storing computer executable components of an e-business system comprising:
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at least one external standard interface component that receives a business item in an external standard format and transforms the business item to an internal standard format; and
,an internal standard interface component that receives the business item in an internal standard format, implements business logic associated with an internal business process and provides an output based, at least in part, upon the business item in an internal standard format and the implemented business logic.
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27. An e-business system comprising:
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means for transforming a business item in an external standard format into an internal standard format;
means for implementing business logic associated with an internal business process upon the transformed business item; and
,means for providing an output associated with the business item in the internal standard format the implemented business logic.
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