CLAIMS ISSUANCE RULE GENERATION PIPELINE

• US 20120084244A1
• Filed: 09/30/2010
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Baker, Caleb G., Shee, Seng Lin, Choo, Jan Lyk, Shenoy, Krishnanand K., Devasahayam, Samuel R., Mas, Marcelo A.
• Application Number:
  US12/895,647
• Publication Number:
  US 20120084244A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 706/47
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A pipeline that includes at least an initialization stage, a processing stage, and a publication stage. The initialization stage acquires a set of globally sourced claims that can be used by any issuance statement. The processing stage manipulates a set of one or more user task specific claims that are derived from the set of one or more globally source claims. The set of one or more user task specific claims are manipulated by generating a set of one or more temporary claims. The processing stage generates the set of one or more temporary claims by applying issuance statements to the set of one or more user task specific claims. A publication stage then issues the set of one or more temporary claim in an issuance format.

Claims

1. A computer program product comprising one or more computer storage media having thereon computer-executable instructions that are structured such that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing system, the computing system is caused to instantiate a claim processing pipeline that comprises the following:

an initialization stage that acquires a set of one or more globally sourced claims that can be used by any issuance statement;

a processing stage that manipulates a set of one or more user task specific claims that are derived from the set of one or more globally source claims, the set of one or more user task specific claims being manipulated by generating a set of one or more temporary claims, wherein the processing stage generates the set of one or more temporary claims by applying a plurality of issuance rules to the set of one or more user task specific claims; and

a publication stage that issues the set of one or more temporary claims in an issuance format.

2. The computer program product in accordance with claim 1, wherein the pipeline further comprises the following:

a pre-processing stage that instantiates the set of user task specific claims derived from the set of one or more global sourced claims.

3. The computer program product in accordance with claim 1, wherein the initialization stage creates at least a portion of the set of one or more globally sourced claims from an attribute store.

4. The computer program product in accordance with claim 3, wherein the initialization stage also receives a portion of the set of one or more globally sourced claims from a source external to the pipeline.

5. The computer program product in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

a user interface that allows a user to manipulate the plurality of issuance statements.

6. The computer program product in accordance with claim 1, wherein the plurality of issuance statements are self-contained.

7. The computer program product in accordance with claim 6, wherein the plurality of issuance statements are order-independent.

8. The computer program product in accordance with claim 1, wherein the plurality of issuance statements are order-independent.

9. The computer program product in accordance with claim 1, wherein the processing stage manipulates the set of one or more user task specific claims instantiated by filtering the set of one or more user task specific claims.

10. The computer program product in accordance with claim 9, wherein the processing stage manipulates the set of one or more user task specific claims instantiated by transforming the set of one or more user task specific claims.

11. The computer program product in accordance with claim 1, wherein the processing stage manipulates the set of one or more user task specific claims instantiated by transforming the set of one or more user task specific claims.

12. The computer program product in accordance with claim 1, wherein the processing stage does not require information from outside the pipeline, except the one or more user task specific claims, in order to perform the manipulation.

13. A computerized method for processing claims in a pipeline, the method comprising:

in an initialization stage, an act of creating at least a portion of the set of one or more globally sourced claims that can be used by any user task;

in a processing stage, an act of manipulating a set of one or more user task specific claims that are derived from the set of one or more globally source claims, the set of one or more user task specific claims being manipulated by applying a plurality issuance rules to the set of one or more user task specific claims; and

in a publication stage, an act of issuing the set of one or more temporary claims in a predetermined issuance claim format.

14. The method in accordance with claim 13, further comprising the following:

in a pre-processing stage, an act of instantiating the set of one or more user task specific claims.

15. The method in accordance with claim 13, wherein the initialization stage receives a portion of the set of one or more globally sourced claims from a source external to the pipeline.

16. The method in accordance with claim 15, wherein the initialization stage creates at least a portion of the set of one or more globally sourced claims from an attribute store.

17. The method in accordance with claim 14, wherein the initialization stage creates at least a portion of the set of one or more globally sourced claims from an attribute store.

18. The method in accordance with claim 14, wherein the initialization stage, processing stage, and the publication stage are on the same computing system.

19. The method in accordance with claim 14, wherein the processing stage does not require information from outside the pipeline, except the one or more user task specific claims, in order to perform the manipulation.

20. A computer program product comprising one or more computer storage media having thereon computer-executable instructions that are structured such that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing system, the computing system is caused to instantiate a claim processing pipeline that comprises the following:

an initialization stage that acquires the set of one or more globally sourced claims, wherein the initialization stage creates at least a portion of the set of one or more global sourced claims from an attribute store;

a pre-processing stage that instantiates a set of user task specific claims derived from a set of one or more global sourced claims that can be used by any user task;

a processing stage that manipulates the set of one or more user task specific claims instantiated by the pre-processing stage by generating a set of one or more temporary claims, wherein the processing stage generates the set of one or more temporary claims by applying a plurality of issuance rules to the set of one or more user task specific claims, wherein the plurality of issuance rules is order independent in that the same result is achieved regardless of the order in which the issuance rules are applied; and

a publication stage that issues the set of one or more temporary claims in a predetermined output claim type.