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Managing consistent interfaces for business objects across heterogeneous systems

  • US 8,433,585 B2
  • Filed: 03/31/2008
  • Issued: 04/30/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer readable medium including program code for providing a message-based interface for planning and executing maintenance activities on at least one individual material, the medium comprising:

  • program code for receiving via a message-based interface derived from a common business object model, where the common business object model includes business objects having relationships that enable derivation of message-based interfaces and message packages, the message-based interface exposing at least one service as defined in a service registry and from a heterogeneous application executing in an environment of computer systems providing message-based services, a first message to an enterprise asset management system for requesting installation of a first individual material at a second individual material that includes a first message package derived from the common business object model and hierarchically organized in memory as;

    an individual material install request message entity; and

    an individual material package comprising an individual material entity and a hierarchy relationship package, where the individual material entity includes an individual material ID, and where the hierarchy relationship package includes a hierarchy relationship entity, where the hierarchy relationship entity includes a parent product ID;

    program code for processing the first message according to the hierarchical organization of the first message package, where processing the first message includes unpacking the first message package based on the common business object model; and

    program code for sending a second message to the heterogeneous application responsive to the first message, where the second message includes a second message package derived from the common business object model to provide consistent semantics with the first message package.

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