Data processing systems and methods
First Claim
1. A method of constructing a data processing operation, the data processing operation utilising data and/or services provided by a plurality of existing underlying systems, the method comprising:
- constructing a set of superobjects, a said superobject comprising an aggregation of data and/or services made available by said underlying systems and providing a common interface to said systems; and
assembling a plurality of said superobjects to define a workflow for said data processing operation, said workflow comprising a group of linked superobjects defining a processing sequence for the superobjects of said group, to thereby construct said operation.
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Abstract
This invention generally relates to data processing systems and methods, more particularly to computer systems and related methods for defining unified work flow processors which rely on data and/or services provided by a plurality of disparate underlying systems. A method of constructing a data processing operation, the data processing operation utilising data and/or services provided by a plurality of existing underlying systems, the method comprising: constructing a set of superobjects, a said superobject comprising an aggregation of data and/or services made available by said underlying systems and providing a common interface to said systems; and assembling a plurality of said superobjects to define a workflow for said data processing operation, said workflow comprising a group of linked superobjects defining a processing sequence for the superobjects of said group, to thereby construct said operation.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of constructing a data processing operation, the data processing operation utilising data and/or services provided by a plurality of existing underlying systems, the method comprising:
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constructing a set of superobjects, a said superobject comprising an aggregation of data and/or services made available by said underlying systems and providing a common interface to said systems; and
assembling a plurality of said superobjects to define a workflow for said data processing operation, said workflow comprising a group of linked superobjects defining a processing sequence for the superobjects of said group, to thereby construct said operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of constructing a data processing operation comprising a query, the data processing operation utilising data and/or services provided by a plurality of existing underlying systems, the method comprising:
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constructing a set of superobjects, a said superobject comprising an aggregation of data and/or services made available by said underlying systems and providing a common interface to said systems; and
constructing a said query to act on said set of superobjects to thereby query information from two or more of said underlying systems. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A business application development platform having a graphical user interface (GUI), said interface comprising:
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a viewing module configured to allow a user to view a set of operations available on a plurality of existing computer systems;
a business application development module configured to allow said user to graphically select and place said operations into said business application; and
an output module to output said business application as one or more markup language documents. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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