Business rules management system

• US 8,689,175 B2
• Filed: 03/03/2010
• Issued: 04/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Matsumoto, Kazuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsai, Henry
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shyu, Jing-Yih
• Application Number:
  US12/717,107
• Publication Number:
  US 20110219355A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,490 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 717/106
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/427 Parsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44 Arrangements for executing specific programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/02 Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/025 Extracting rules from data

Abstract

A system for generating and deploying rules in a business rule management system (BRMS) is described. An example system includes a communications module and a translator. The communications module may be configured to receive an input. The input may specify a rule expressed in a custom syntax. The translator may be configured to translate the rule expressed in the custom syntax into a translated rule. The translated rule may be in a form of a source code suitable for being compiled into an executable module.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented system comprising:

a communications module to receive an input, the input specifying a rule expressed in a custom syntax, the custom syntax provided by a rules authoring system; and

a translator to translate the rule expressed in the custom syntax into a translated rule, using at least one processor, the translated rule being in a form of a source code suitable for being compiled into an executable module, the translator comprising;

a parser to parse the rule expressed in the custom syntax,

a validator to utilize one or more validation rules to validate parameters associated with the rule, a validation rule from the one or more validation rules authored using the custom syntax, and

a resource generator to extract resources associated with the rule and to process the resources into a format suitable for a runtime environment, the resources comprising one or more keywords;

a compiler configured to compile the translated rule into a compiled rule; and

a deployment module to publish the compiled rule to the runtime environment.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the translator is to translate the rule in response to a request to save the rule.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the resources associated with the rule are provided by a source computing application.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the runtime environment comprises a rules engine associated with a business application.

5. The system of claim 1, comprising a presentation module for presenting the rule expressed in the custom syntax to a viewer.

6. A computer-implemented method comprising:

using one or more processors to perform operations of;

receiving an input, the input specifying a rule expressed in a custom syntax, the custom syntax provided by a rules authoring system; and

translating the rule expressed in the custom syntax into a translated rule, the translated rule being in a form of a source code suitable for being compiled into an executable module, the translating of the rule comprising;

parsing the rule expressed in the custom syntax,

utilizing one or more validation rules to validate parameters associated with the rule, a validation rule from the one or more validation rules authored using the custom syntax,

extracting resources associated with the rule, and

processing the resources into a format suitable for a runtime environment, the resources comprising one or more keywords;

compiling the translated rule into a compiled rule; and

publishing the compiled rule to the runtime environment.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the translating of the rule is in response to a request to save the rule.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the resources associated with the rule are provided by a source computing application.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the runtime environment comprises a rules engine associated with a business application.

10. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instruction data to cause a machine to:

receive an input, the input specifying a rule expressed in a custom syntax, the custom syntax provided by a rules authoring system;

parse the rule expressed in the custom syntax;

utilize one or more validation rules to validate parameters associated with the rule, a validation rule from the one or more validation rules authored using the custom syntax;

extract resources associated with the rule and to process the resources into a format suitable for a runtime environment, the resources comprising one or more keywords;

translate the rule expressed in the custom syntax into a translated rule, the translated rule being in a form of a source code suitable for being compiled into an executable module;

compile the translated rule into a compiled rule; and

publish the compiled rule to the runtime environment.