NOTIFY/INQUIRE FULFILLMENT SYSTEMS BEFORE PROCESSING CHANGE REQUESTS FOR ADJUSTING LONG RUNNING ORDER MANAGEMENT FULFILLMENT PROCESSES IN A DISTRIBUTED ORDER ORCHESTRATION SYSTEM

• US 20110218921A1
• Filed: 03/05/2010
• Published: 09/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: MUDUMBA, Siddhardha, BELLAMKONDA, Rajeev, IYENGAR, Balaji, SINGH, Alok, RIJHSINGHANI, Sumeet, ADDALA, Raju
• Application Number:
  US12/718,383
• Publication Number:
  US 20110218921A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/301
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management

Abstract

A computer-readable medium, computer-implemented method, and system are provided. In one embodiment, an executable process is executed, and a change request is received. A fulfillment system is inquired with as to whether the fulfillment system will accept the change request.

Claims

1. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to notify a fulfillment system of a change request in a distributed order orchestration system, the instructions comprising:

executing an executable process;

receiving a change request; and

inquiring with a fulfillment system as to whether the fulfillment system will accept the change request.

2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, the instructions further comprising:

at a wait step of the executable process, determining if a hold flag has been set for the wait step;

when a hold flag has been set, putting the wait step on hold; and

when a hold flag has not been set, completing the wait step.

3. The computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the hold flag can be customized by a user.

4. The computer-readable medium of claim 3, wherein a uniform resource locator for a hold service associated with the hold flag can be defined by a user.

5. The computer-readable medium of claim 3, wherein a uniform resource locator for a hold service associated with the hold flag can be automatically generated.

6. A computer-implemented method for notifying a fulfillment system of a change request in a distributed order orchestration system, the computer-implemented method comprising:

executing an executable process;

receiving a change request; and

inquiring with a fulfillment system as to whether the fulfillment system will accept the change request.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, further comprising:

at a wait step of the executable process, determining if a hold flag has been set for the wait step;

when a hold flag has been set, putting the wait step on hold; and

when a hold flag has not been set, completing the wait step.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the hold flag can be customized by a user.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein a uniform resource locator for a hold service associated with the hold flag can be defined by a user.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein a uniform resource locator for a hold service associated with the hold flag can be automatically generated.

11. An orchestration system, comprising:

a processor;

an orchestration module configured to execute an executable process; and

a decomposition module configured to receive a change request,

wherein, the orchestration module is further configured to inquire with a fulfillment system as to whether the fulfillment system will accept the change request.

12. The orchestration system of claim 11,

wherein, at a wait step of the executable process, the orchestration module is further configured to determine if a hold flag has been set for the wait step,

wherein, when a hold flag has been set, the orchestration module is further configured to put the wait step on hold, and

where, when a hold flag has not been set, the orchestration module is further configured to complete the wait step.

13. The orchestration system of claim 12, wherein the hold flag can be customized by a user.

14. The orchestration system of claim 13, wherein a uniform resource locator for a hold service associated with the hold flag can be defined by a user.

15. The orchestration system of claim 13, wherein a uniform resource locator for a hold service associated with the hold flag can be automatically generated.