METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING, DEPLOYING, AND UTILIZING A SERVICE

• US 20080189679A1
• Filed: 01/31/2008
• Published: 08/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Skyway Software, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Skyway Software, Inc.
• Inventors: WEAVER, Mike, RODRIGUEZ, JARED, KENNEDY, Jack
• Application Number:
  US12/023,488
• Publication Number:
  US 20080189679A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/105
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment

Abstract

A system and method of utilizing a service, comprising: designing the service in a visual modeling environment such that low level machine centric and/or platform dependent programming language is not used, the service capable of being implemented across an enterprise; and deploying the service in a plurality of technology infrastructures within the enterprise in a manner that interacts with enterprise software and/or other technology infrastructures by tailoring the service for each such infrastructure.

Claims

1. A method of utilizing a service, comprising:

a. designing the service in a visual modeling environment such that low level machine centric and/or platform dependent programming language is not used, the service capable of being implemented across an enterprise; and

b. deploying the service in a plurality of technology infrastructures in a manner that interacts with enterprise software and/or other technology infrastructures within the enterprise by tailoring the service for each such infrastructure.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the capabilities of the service comprise:

a. transaction control;

b. fault tolerance;

c. exception handling;

d. logic execution

e. logging integration;

f. runtime registry publication;

g. enterprise service bus publication;

h. or any combination thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the service allows interaction of multiple supporting software platforms within atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability (ACID) based transactions.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the service is capable of being deployed in a fault tolerant environment.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the service is capable of model-based exception handling.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the service is capable of logging integration with the enterprise software and/or the other technology infrastructures within the enterprise.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the service is capable of being published to runtime registries and/or enterprise service buses.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the technical infrastructure of the deployment environment is capable of being extended and/or customized such that:

a. any type of technical environments can be plugged into the deployment environment for use; and

/or

b. multiple technical infrastructures can be plugged into the deployment environment simultaneously for use.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the modeling environment is capable of being extended and/or customized such that:

a. new components can be plugged into the modeling environment to enable the creation and modification of new entities within the model; and

/or

b. new components can be plugged into the modeling environment to enable the generation, of source code by the modeling environment

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the service utilizes Rich Internet application capabilities.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the Rich Internet application capabilities comprise rich dynamic user interfaces.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the rich dynamic user interfaces are:

synchronous and/or asynchronous.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein only changed items in the service are deployed.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein previous deployment states from previously deployed services are capable of being restored.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the service is validated to check for errors and/or issues in design and/or implementation.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein dependencies between various components in services are provided in the visual modeling environment.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the service is tailored to the technology infrastructure where the service is executed.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein different versions of the service and/or a part of the service can be built, accessed, utilized, and/or edited by the user.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the different users can build, utilize, access, and/or edit the service and/or a part of the service at the same time.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the service and/or a part of the service can be combined and/or orchestrated with other services and/or parts of the service in the visual modeling environment.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein the designing comprises:

a. creating a project model, the project model including a project name and the service; and

b. creating a runtime framework representing a location and resources of a technology infrastructure which will receive a project created from the project model.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the service includes implementation details, comprising:

a. a data object;

b. a data store;

c. an exception definition;

d. a logic model;

e. a web model;

or

f. any combination thereof.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein the deploying comprises:

a. building a project utilizing the project model;

b. delivering the project to technology infrastructure utilizing the runtime framework.

52. The method of claim 21, wherein different parts of the service can be versioned independently of each other.

13. A method of utilizing a service, comprising:

a. designing a service in a visual modeling environment such that low level machine centric and/or platform dependent programming language is not used, the service utilizing Rich Internet application capabilities; and

b. deploying the service in a plurality of technology infrastructures in a manner that utilizes the Rich Internet application capabilities by tailoring the service for each such infrastructure.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the Rich Internet application capabilities comprise rich dynamic user interfaces.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the rich dynamic user interfaces are:

a. synchronous; and

/or

b. asynchronous.

27. A system for utilizing a service, comprising a computer with an application for:

a. designing the service in a visual modeling environment such that low level machine centric and/or platform dependent programming language is not used, the service capable of being implemented across an enterprise; and

b. deploying the service in a plurality of technology infrastructures in a manner that interacts with enterprise software and/or other technology infrastructures within the enterprise by tailoring the service for each such infrastructure.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the enterprise class capabilities comprise:

a. transaction control;

b. fault tolerance;

c. exception handling;

d. logging integration;

e. runtime registry publication;

or

f. enterprise service bus publication;

or

g. logic execution;

or

h. any combination thereof.

29. The system of claim 27, wherein the service allows interaction of multiple supporting software platforms within atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability (ACID) based transactions.

30. The system of claim 27, wherein the service is capable of being deployed in a fault tolerant environment.

31. The system of claim 27, wherein the service is capable of model-based exception handling.

32. The system of claim 27, wherein the service is capable of logging integration with the existing enterprise system and/or other technology infrastructures.

33. The system of claim 27, wherein the service is capable of being published to runtime registries and/or enterprise service buses.

34. The system of claim 27, wherein the modeling environment and the deployment are capable of being extended and/or customized.

35. The system of claim 27, wherein the service utilizes Rich Internet application capabilities.

36. The system of claim 35, wherein the Rich Internet application capabilities comprise rich dynamic user interfaces.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein the rich dynamic user interfaces are:

a. synchronous; and

/or

b. asynchronous.

41. The system of claim 27, wherein the designing comprises:

a. creating a project model utilizing the project model including a project name and the service; and

b. creating a runtime framework representing a location and resources of a technology infrastructure which will receive the project model.

42. The system of claim 41, wherein the service includes implementation details, comprising:

a. a data object;

b. a data store;

c. an exception definition;

d. a logic model;

e. a web model;

or

f. any combination thereof.

44. The system of claim 27, wherein only changed items in the service are deployed.

45. The system of claim 27, wherein previous deployment states from previously deployed services are capable of being restored.

46. The system of claim 27, wherein the service is validated to check for errors and/or issues in design or implementation.

47. The system of claim 27, wherein dependencies between various components in services are provided in the visual modeling environment.

48. The system of claim 27, wherein the service is tailored to the technology infrastructure where the service is executed.

49. The system of claim 27, wherein different versions of the service and/or a part of the service can be built, utilized, accessed, and/or edited by the user.

50. The system of claim 27, wherein the different users can build, utilize, access, and/or edit the service and/or a part of the service at the same time.

51. The system of claim 27, wherein the service and/or a part of the service can be combined and/or orchestrated with other services and/or parts of the service in the visual modeling environment.

53. The system of claim 49, wherein different parts of the service can be versioned independently of each other.

38. A system of utilizing a service, comprising a computer with an application for:

a. designing a service in a visual modeling environment such that low level machine centric and/or platform dependent programming language is not used, the service utilizing Rich Internet application capabilities; and

b. deploying the service in a plurality of technology infrastructures in a manner that utilizes the Rich Internet application capabilities by tailoring the service for each such infrastructure.

39. The system of claim 38, wherein the Rich Internet application capabilities comprise rich dynamic user interfaces.

40. The system of claim 39, wherein the rich dynamic user interfaces are:

a. synchronous; and

/or

b. asynchronous.

43. The system of claim 40, wherein the deploying comprises

a. building a project utilizing the project model;

b. delivering the project model to the technology infrastructure utilizing the runtime framework.