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Managing business rules using jurisdictions

  • US 6,272,482 B1
  • Filed: 08/14/1998
  • Issued: 08/07/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of managing a set of rules used by an application program running on a data processing system, comprising the steps of:

  • defining a plurality of jurisdictions adapted to exert authority over a decision of the application program;

    creating at least one control point for the decision;

    mapping rules from the jurisdictions to the control point;

    assigning priority values to each jurisdiction; and

    modifying a decision outcome, by a higher priority jurisdiction, wherein the decision outcome resulted from a lower priority jurisdiction.

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