SOFTWARE MODEL NORMALIZATION AND MEDIATION
First Claim
1. A method of configuring a general purpose computer comprising the steps of:
- deriving a meta-model, the meta-model being independent of a particular software application the derivation comprising identifying commonality within a plurality of enterprise resource planning applications;
deriving a plurality of software models from the software application, wherein each of the plurality of software models is compliant with the meta-model;
deriving a customer specific software application from the software application and the plurality of models.
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Abstract
An apparatus, network and methods for software model derivation and normalization are provided. In one embodiment a meta-model is derived from a plurality of software applications. The meta-model is independent of any particular software application. A number of software models are derived each compliant with the meta-model. A customer specific software application may then be derived from the models and an enterprise resource planning software application. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of configuring a general purpose computer comprising the steps of:
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deriving a meta-model, the meta-model being independent of a particular software application the derivation comprising identifying commonality within a plurality of enterprise resource planning applications; deriving a plurality of software models from the software application, wherein each of the plurality of software models is compliant with the meta-model; deriving a customer specific software application from the software application and the plurality of models. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer software product comprising:
computer executable instructions derived from a plurality of software models, each of the plurality of models being compliant with a meta-model, the meta-model being independent of a software application, the meta-model derived from a plurality of enterprise resource planning applications, each of the plurality of software models being derived from the software application. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computing apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and a storage media, the storage media containing processor executable software, wherein the processor executable software is derived from a plurality of software models, each of the plurality conforming to a meta-model, the meta-model not being dependent on a software application, the meta-model derived from a plurality of enterprise resource planning applications, the processor executable software being further derived from the software application. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A communication network comprising:
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a server connected to a communication medium; and a client device connected to the communication medium, the client device configured to execute a customer specific software application, the customer specific application derived from a software application and a plurality of models, the models compliant with a meta-model, the meta-model independent of the software application, the meta-model being derived from a plurality of enterprise resource planning applications. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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