System, method and computer program product for data event processing and composite applications

• US 7,774,791 B1
• Filed: 04/24/2003
• Issued: 08/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Informatica LLC (Informatica, Inc. (California))
• Original Assignee: Informatica Corporation
• Inventors: Garvett, Jeffrey H., Appelbaum, Michael S.
• Primary Examiner(s): WU, QING YUAN
• Application Number:
  US10/421,878
• Time in Patent Office: 2,665 Days
• Field of Search: 719317-318, 717/100, 717/107, 717/120, 709/201, 709/217, 709/223, 705/1, 705 7- 8, 726 1- 5, 726/21
• US Class Current: 719/318
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A system, method and computer program product for providing data event processing and application integration is provided. The present invention provides a novel application integration and event processing server that creates unified and personalized applications on demand out of existing Web services, communications systems, legacy assets, and databases for several types of applications without invasive programming. The present invention also provides a novel XML-based open markup language that allows real-time composite applications (for execution on the server of the present invention) to be easily created and changed while minimizing low-level coding by using a set of pre-defined templates, thus saving the time and expense typically required to create similar solutions from scratch.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

an application integration and event processing [AIEP] server including at least one processor in communication with a network, the AIEP server configured to process event information from a combination of sources on the network to generate at least one integrated application within the AIEP server; and

a plurality of pre-defined markup language templates on the AIEP server to build the integrated application, the plurality of pre-defined markup language templates including a source markup language template specifying the locations of the combination of sources that will be accessed during execution of the integrated application, an object markup language template specifying the parsing, organizing and typing of data received from the combination of sources, and an alert markup language template specifying a processing instruction for data received from the combination of sources, wherein each of the plurality of pre-defined markup language templates enables use of data and functionality of the combination of sources without merging the combination of sources.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising an other server for integrating applications from the network to process event information from across the network, wherein at least one of the plurality of pre-defined markup language templates is shared between the servers.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising an other server for integrating applications from the network to process event information from across the network with at least one integrated application, wherein the servers share an integrated application.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising an interface for accessing the plurality of pre-defined markup language templates of the at least one integrated application to change the at least one integrated application.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein access to the plurality of pre-defined markup language templates is limited to only those templates having a specified grouping name.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an interface with the AIEP server for an other user to access the plurality of pre-defined markup language templates of the at least one integrated application to change the at least one integrated application into a modified integrated application.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the alert markup language template defines one or more linear processing steps, wherein the linear processing steps include at least one selected from a group consisting of SWITCH and CASE.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the alert markup language template defines one or more linear processing steps, wherein the linear processing steps include IF-THEN-ELSE statements.

9. A method for providing data event processing and application integration within a network, comprising:

automatically integrating a plurality of applications on the network by processing event information from the plurality of applications to generate at least one integrated application within an application integration and event process [AIEP] server; and

providing a plurality of pre-defined markup language templates on the AIEP server in communication with the network to build the integrated application, the plurality of pre-defined markup language templates including a source markup language template specifying the locations of the plurality of applications that will be accessed during execution of the integrated application, an object markup language template specifying the parsing, organizing and typing of data received from the plurality of applications, and an alert markup language template specifying a processing instruction for data received from the plurality of applications, wherein each of the plurality of pre-defined markup language templates enables use of data and functionality of the plurality of applications without merging the plurality of applications.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising an other server for integrating applications from the network to process event information from across the network, wherein at least one of the plurality of pre-defined markup language templates is shared between the servers.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising an other server for integrating applications from the network to process event information from across the network with at least one integrated application, wherein the servers share an integrated application.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising an interface for accessing the plurality of pre-defined markup language templates of the at least one integrated application to change the at least one integrated application.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein access to the plurality of pre-defined markup language templates is limited to only those templates having a specified grouping name.

14. The method for providing data event processing and application integration within a network of claim 9, further comprising:

providing an interface with the AIEP server for another user to access the plurality of pre-defined markup language templates of the at least one integrated application as defined by a first user to change the at least one integrated application into a modified integrated application.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising the first user accessing the plurality of pre-defined markup language templates of the at least one integrated application to change the at least one integrated application into a modified integrated application.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the alert markup language template defines one or more linear processing steps, wherein the linear processing steps include at least one selected from a group consisting of SWITCH and CASE.

17. The method of claim 9, wherein the alert markup language template defines one or more linear processing steps, wherein the linear processing steps include IF-THEN-ELSE statements.

18. A system for providing data event processing and application integration within a network, comprising:

a plurality of application integration and event processing [AIEP] servers configured to integrate applications from the network to generate at least one integrated application, each AIEP server including at least one processor in communication with the network, the at least one integrated application adapted for processing event information from across the network;

a plurality of pre-defined markup language templates shared between the plurality of AIEP servers to build the at least one integrated application within the AIEP servers, the plurality of pre-defined markup language templates including a source markup language template specifying the locations of a combination of sources that will be accessed during execution of the integrated application, an object markup language template specifying the parsing, organizing and typing of data received from the combination of sources, and an alert markup language template specifying a processing instruction for data received from the combination of sources, wherein each of the plurality of pre-defined markup language templates enables use of data and functionality of the combination of sources on the network without merging the combination of sources; and

user profiles shared between the plurality of servers for maintaining access information to the plurality of pre-defined markup language templates.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising an interface with the plurality of servers to access the plurality of pre-defined markup language templates of the at least one integrated application to change the at least one integrated application into a modified integrated application, wherein access to the plurality of pre-defined markup language templates is limited to only those templates having a specified grouping name.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the alert markup language template defines one or more linear processing steps, wherein the linear processing steps include at least one selected from a group consisting of SWITCH and CASE.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the alert markup language template defines one or more linear processing steps, wherein the linear processing steps include IF-THEN-ELSE statements.