System and method for providing supplemental functionalities to a computer program via an ontology instance

• US 9,335,991 B1
• Filed: 09/18/2015
• Issued: 05/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Reactivecore LLC
• Original Assignee: Reactivecore LLC
• Inventors: Dufresne, Michel
• Primary Examiner(s): Dao, Thuy
• Application Number:
  US14/858,980
• Time in Patent Office: 235 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/656 while running
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/70 Software maintenance or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45516 Runtime code conversion or optimisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

Supplemental functionalities may be provided for an executable program via an ontology instance. In some embodiments, a computer program (e.g., an executable program or other computer program) associated with an ontology may be caused to be run. The ontology may include information indicating attributes for a set of applications. An instance of the ontology may be obtained, which may correspond to an application of the set of applications. Based on the ontology instance, supplemental information may be generated for the computer program. The supplemental information may be related to one or more functionalities of the application to be added to the executable program. The supplemental information may be provided as input to the computer program. The supplemental information, at least in part, may cause the one or more functionalities of the application to be made available via the executable program.

Claims

1. A method of providing supplemental functionalities to an executable program via an ontology instance, the method comprising:

causing, by a computer system, an executable program associated with an ontology to be run, wherein the ontology comprises information indicating attributes for a set of applications;

obtaining, by a computer system, an instance of the ontology, wherein the ontology instance corresponds to an application of the set of applications;

generating, by a computer system, based on the ontology instance, supplemental information for the executable program, wherein the supplemental information is related to one or more functionalities of the application to be added to the executable program;

extracting, by a computer system, axiom information from the ontology;

generating, by a computer system, a set of logic rules based on the axiom information, wherein at least part of the supplemental information is generated based on the set of logic rules;

validating, by a computer system, the ontology instance based on the set of logic rules;

assigning, by a computer system, a freeze to the ontology instance that disables further modification to the supplemental information when the ontology instance has been validated; and

providing, by a computer system, the supplemental information as input to the executable program, wherein the supplemental information, at least in part, causes the one or more functionalities of the application to be made available via the executable program.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining, by a computer system, another instance of the ontology, wherein the other ontology instance corresponds to another application of the set of applications;

generating, by a computer system, based on the other ontology instance, another supplemental information for the executable program, wherein the other supplemental information is related to one or more functionalities of the other application to be added to the executable program; and

providing, by a computer system, the other supplemental information as input to the executable program, wherein the other supplemental information, at least in part, causes the one or more functionalities of the other application be made available via the executable program.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more functionalities are made available via the executable program without recompiling the executable program.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the executable program is configurable to perform a set of tasks common to a class of business application in each of several different domains of interest.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the executable program obtains the supplemental information from working memory at runtime.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

extracting, by a computer system, class information from the ontology; and

generating, by a computer system, a programming interface based on the class information, wherein the programming interface allows the executable program to access the supplemental information, wherein providing comprises;

providing, by a computer system, the supplemental information as input to the executable program via the programming interface.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the executable program includes a set of runtime rules that control the execution of the executable program, the method further comprising:

augmenting, by a computer system, the set of logic rules with the set of runtime rules to enable the one or more functionalities of the application to be available via the executable program.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental information includes a data model for encoding metadata and knowledge on the Semantic Web using facts expressed as triples.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the attributes for the set of applications include at least one class, at least one property, and at least one axiom.

10. A system of providing supplemental functionalities for an executable program via an ontology instance, the system comprising:

one or more computer systems comprising one or more processors programmed with computer program instructions which, when executed, cause the one or more computer systems to;

cause an executable program associated with an ontology to be run, wherein the ontology comprises information indicating attributes for a set of applications;

obtain an instance of the ontology, wherein the ontology instance corresponds to an application of the set of applications;

generate, based on the ontology instance, supplemental information for the executable program, wherein the supplemental information is related to one or more functionalities of the application to be added to the executable program;

extract axiom information from the ontology;

generate a set of logic rules based on the axiom information, wherein at least part of the supplemental information is generated based on the set of logic rules;

validate the ontology instance based on the set of logic rules;

assign a freeze to the ontology instance that disables further modification to the supplemental information when the ontology instance has been validated; and

provide the supplemental information as input to the executable program, wherein the supplemental information, at least in part, causes the one or more functionalities of the application be made available via the executable program.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more computer systems are further caused to:

obtain another instance of the ontology, wherein the other ontology instance corresponds to another application of the set of applications;

generate, based on the other ontology instance, another supplemental information for the executable program, wherein the other supplemental information is related to one or more functionalities of the other application to be added to the executable program; and

provide the other supplemental information as input to the executable program, wherein the other supplemental information, at least in part, causes the one or more functionalities of the other application be made available via the executable program.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more functionalities are made available via the executable program without recompiling the executable program.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the executable program is configurable to perform a set of tasks common to a class of business application in each of several different domains of interest.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more computer systems are further caused to:

extract class information from the ontology;

generate a programming interface based on the class information, wherein the programming interface allows the executable program to access the supplemental information; and

provide the supplemental information as input to the executable program via the programming interface.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein:

the executable program includes a set of runtime rules that control the execution of the executable program; and

the one or more computer systems are further caused to augment the set of logic rules with the set of runtime rules to enable the one or more functionalities of the application to be available via the executable program.