BUSINESS RULES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20110219355A1
• Filed: 03/03/2010
• Published: 09/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Matsumoto, Kazuo
• Granted Patent: US 8,689,175 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/106
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/427 Parsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44 Arrangements for executing specific programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/02 Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/025 Extracting rules from data

Abstract

A system for generating and deploying rules in a business rule management system (BRMS) is described. An example system includes a communications module and a translator. The communications module may be configured to receive an input. The input may specify a rule expressed in a custom syntax. The translator may be configured to translate the rule expressed in the custom syntax into a translated rule. The translated rule may be in a form of a source code suitable for being compiled into an executable module.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented system comprising:

a communications module to receive an input, the input specifying a rule expressed in a custom syntax; and

a translator to translate the rule expressed in the custom syntax into a translated rule, the translated rule being in a form of a source code suitable for being compiled into an executable module.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the translator is to translate the rule in response to a request to save the rule.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the translator comprises:

a parser to parse the rule expressed in the custom syntax;

a validator to validate parameters associated with the rule; and

a resource generator to extract resources associated with the rule.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the validator is configured to utilize one or more validation rules, a validation rule from the one or more validation rules authored using the custom syntax.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the resources associated with the rule are provided by a source computing application.

6. The system of claim 1, comprising a compiler to compile the translated rule into a compiled rule.

7. The system of claim 6, comprising a deployment module to publish the compiled rule to a runtime environment.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the runtime environment comprises a rules engine associated with a business application.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the source code is a Java class.

10. The system of claim 1, comprising a presentation module for presenting the rule expressed in the custom syntax to a viewer.

11. A computer-implemented method comprising:

using one or more processors to perform operations of;

receiving an input, the input specifying a rule expressed in a custom syntax; and

translating the rule expressed in the custom syntax into a translated rule, the translated rule being in a form of a source code suitable for being compiled into an executable module.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the translating of the rule is in response to a request to save the rule

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the translating of the rule comprises:

parsing the rule expressed in the custom syntax;

validating parameters associated with the rule; and

extracting resources associated with the rule.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein validating of the parameters associated with the rule comprises utilizing one or more validation rules, a validation rule from the one or more validation rules authored using the custom syntax.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the resources associated with the rule are provided by a source computing application.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising compiling the translated rule into a compiled rule.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising publishing the compiled rule to a runtime environment.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the runtime environment comprises a rules engine associated with a business application.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the source code is a Java class.

20. A machine-readable medium having instruction data to cause a machine to:

receive an input, the input specifying a rule expressed in a custom syntax; and

translate the rule expressed in the custom syntax into a translated rule, the translated rule being in a form of a source code suitable for being compiled into an executable module.