Deploying multiple e-commerce systems in a single computing platform

• US 8,612,379 B2
• Filed: 03/23/2005
• Issued: 12/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HCL Technologies Limited
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chan, Victor, Hubbard, Mark William, Khusial, Darshanand, Mirlas, Lev
• Primary Examiner(s): VO, TRUONG V
• Application Number:
  US10/907,161
• Publication Number:
  US 20050234734A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,191 Days
• Field of Search: 707/104.1
• US Class Current: 707/603
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

A method, system, architecture and apparatus for deploying multiple e-commerce systems in a single computing platform. In accordance with the present invention, an e-commerce systems architecture can include an instantiable owning business logic component derived from an abstract business definition and one or more instantiable business element components configured for aggregation under the control of a business facility instance. The business facility instance can include a coupling to an instance of the owning business logic component. Finally, the architecture can include an instantiable partner business component derived from the abstract business definition. In particular, the instantiable partner business component can include a configuration for limited access to selected ones of the instantiable business element components aggregated under the control of the business facility instance.

Claims

1. An e-commerce systems architecture comprising:

an instantiable owning business logic component derived from an abstract business definition;

a plurality of instantiable business element components configured for aggregation under the control of a business facility instance, said business facility instance having a coupling to an instance of said owning business logic component; and

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an instantiable partner business component derived from said abstract business definition, said instantiable partner business component having a configuration for limited access to selected ones of said instantiable business element components aggregated under the control of said business facility instance.

2. The systems architecture of claim 1, wherein each of said instantiable business element components comprise an association with at least one of an asset a business policy and an algorithmic process.

3. The systems architecture of claim 1, further comprising an instantiable business provisioning hub component configured for association with at least one business facility instance.

4. The systems architecture of claim 1, wherein said instantiable owning business logic comprises logic for subscribing to an authorization domain comprising registration policies and access control policies.

5. An e-commerce systems host computing platform comprising:

a server computing device having storage and network connectivity to at least one remote client computing device over a computer communications network;

an application server disposed in said server computing device; and

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a defined business application operation architecture configured for concurrently deploying multiple different business operation applications through said application server in said server computing device, wherein said architecture comprises;

an instantiable owning business logic component derived from an abstract business definition;

a plurality of instantiable business element components configured for aggregation under the control of a business facility instance, said business facility instance having a coupling to an instance of said owning business logic component; and

,

an instantiable partner business component derived from said abstract business definition, said instantiable partner business component having a configuration for limited access to selected ones of said instantiable business element components aggregated under the control of said business facility instance.

6. The e-commerce systems host computing platform of claim 5, wherein each of said instantiable business element components comprise an association with at least one asset, at least one business policy and at least one algorithmic process.

7. The e-commerce systems host computing platform of claim 5, further comprising an instantiable business provisioning hub component configured for association with at least one business facility instance.

8. The e-commerce systems host computing platform of claim 5, wherein said instantiable owning business logic comprises logic for subscribing to an authorization domain comprising registration policies and access control policies.