Service designer solution

• US 20060085512A1
• Filed: 12/01/2005
• Published: 04/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deem, Incorporated (Jack Taylor Family Voting Trust U A D 4 14 99)
• Original Assignee: Rearden Commerce Inc
• Inventors: Alag, Santam, Handel, Sean, Orttung, Mark, Pennock, Brenton D., Mihic, Matt, Chakravarthy, Sriram
• Granted Patent: US 7,962,381 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute

Abstract

In one embodiment, a system and method are provided that allows easy integration of an existing third-party information or services management system into a services platform such as a Platform without requiring actual compiled code to be written. In addition, in one embodiment, the system and method allow developers to create new applications without requiring actual code to be written, which applications run on a services platform such as a Platform and are easily billable, upgradeable and supportable.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a list of a on-demand applications for use by one or more users in parallel, the list of on-demand applications provided via a document provide accessible through one or more networks; and

providing a user with personal use of an on-demand application selected by the user, wherein the on-demand applications are user-configurable and do not require additional code be added by a user for execution of the applications.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the document is a website.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing varying levels of access privileges for an on-demand application.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a user with an option to combine separate applications for use.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a user with an option to combine separate applications for use, wherein the separate applications are generated by separate developers.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising charging a user for use of a selected on-demand application per a metric of use.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising proving a user with access to submit at least one of a rating and review of an on-demand application.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing support tools to identify configuration options of an on-demand application set by a user.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing access for a developer to market an on-demand application based on user-profile.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the user-profile comprises of at least one of applications previous used by a user and a user'"'"'s opt-in preferences.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising limiting access to individual on-demand applications on a per customer basis.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing data to a user to identify data of a user of an on-demand application made available to the developer of the on-demand application.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein run-time characteristics of the on-demand applications are to be defined by developer as meta-data.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the meta-data of an on-demand application is to be interpreted to execute a service of the on-demand application at a run-time.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the on-demand applications provided on the document are to be written via a visual tool on a text document having meta data representing the respective applications run-time characteristics.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the on-demand applications provide access to user-centric features external to the respective on-demand application.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the on-demand applications are to be automatically updated with a subsequent version of the respective on-demand application, without user intervention.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the on-demand applications provide at least one of variable workflow, multi-page user interface flows, user interfaces with variable field layout, and the ability to establish real-time communications with a service external to the application.

19. A system comprising of:

a means for providing a list of a on-demand applications for use by one or more users in parallel, the list of on-demand applications provided via a document provide accessible through one or more networks; and

a means for providing a user with personal use of an on-demand application selected by the user, wherein the on-demand applications are user-configurable and do not require additional code be added by a user for execution of the applications.

20. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions, which when executed perform a method comprising of:

providing a list of a on-demand applications for use by one or more users in parallel, the list of on-demand applications provided via a document provide accessible through one or more networks; and

providing a user with personal use of an on-demand application selected by the user, wherein the on-demand applications are user-configurable and do not require additional code be added by a user for execution of the applications.