Business data access client for online/offline client use
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented business system, comprising:
- a client system for accessing business data in selectively one of an online mode or an offline mode;
a backend system for storing the business data;
a runtime component of the client system for enabling read/write access by a client application of the client system to the business data based on a declarative data access model;
a communications component of the client system for communicating access operations to the business data, stored on the backend system, in the online mode;
a cache component of the client system for storing at least a portion of the business data during an offline mode, to enable uninterrupted access to the business data on the client system; and
a processor operable to execute computer-executable instructions associated with at least one of the client system, the backend system, the runtime component, the communications component, or the cache component.
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Abstract
Architecture for uninterrupted access to business data by enabling work on rich client machines to be stored in a local business data cache that is always available. A dispatching mechanism executes read/write requests against the local cache transparently to a client application, an automatic synchronization mechanism propagates changes bi-directionally when the client goes online and a live connection with the corresponding backend data source is available. A declarative data access model is employed based on operation stereotyping and grouping that enables client applications to transparently execute create, read, update, delete, query (CRUDQ) and association operations against the local cache as if executed against the actual business data source. The architecture supports the offline creation of entities and sets of related entities when the entity identifiers are generated by the business data source and offline navigation of entity associations when foreign keys are not present in the related entities.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented business system, comprising:
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a client system for accessing business data in selectively one of an online mode or an offline mode; a backend system for storing the business data; a runtime component of the client system for enabling read/write access by a client application of the client system to the business data based on a declarative data access model; a communications component of the client system for communicating access operations to the business data, stored on the backend system, in the online mode; a cache component of the client system for storing at least a portion of the business data during an offline mode, to enable uninterrupted access to the business data on the client system; and a processor operable to execute computer-executable instructions associated with at least one of the client system, the backend system, the runtime component, the communications component, or the cache component. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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2. A computer-implemented method, comprising acts of:
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accessing business data in selectively one of an online mode or an offline mode; storing the business data on a backend system; enabling read/write access by a client application to the business data based on a declarative data access model; and communicating access operations to the business data stored on the backend system, in the online mode; storing at least a portion of the business data during an offline mode, to enable uninterrupted access to the business data; and utilizing a processor to execute instructions stored in memory to perform at least one of the acts of accessing, storing, enabling, communicating, or storing. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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