BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE REPORT PROVIDER

• US 20140101010A1
• Filed: 10/05/2012
• Published: 04/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Pedro de Matos, Lucio D'Orazio
• Granted Patent: US 9,875,467 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2455 Query execution
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/00 Payment architectures, schemes or protocols apparatus for performing or posting payment transactions G07F7/08, G07F19/00; electronic cash registers G07G1/12

Abstract

A system for providing a business intelligence report for a user. The system displays a list of available business intelligence reports. The system receives a request, from a business intelligence application, for at least one business intelligence report from the list of available business intelligence reports. The system provides configuration details to the business intelligence application. The configuration details determine a query. The business intelligence application performs the query on business data of a user database. The at least one business intelligence report is based upon the results of the query.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to specify configuration details for providing a business intelligence report for a user, the specifying comprising:

displaying a list of available pre-defined business intelligence reports adapted for a specific business application, each pre-defined business intelligence report comprising associated configuration details;

receiving a request, from a business intelligence application, for at least one pre-defined business intelligence report from the list of available pre-defined business intelligence reports;

in response to the request, assembling a query; and

providing the requested business intelligence report and the query to the business intelligence application, wherein the business intelligence application performs the query on business data of a user database, and retrieved data is generated and displayed based on the configuration details;

wherein the configuration details comprise a pre-defined format for the retrieved data, the pre-defined format comprising at least one of a filter, an aggregate function or a graph.

2. The computer readable medium of claim 1, the specifying further comprising charging the user a fee each time the business intelligence report is provided or charging the user once for unlimited use of the business intelligence report.

3. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the business data of the user database remains on a network inaccessible to the public or to a provider of the at least one business intelligence report.

4. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the configuration details include structured query language code.

5. The computer readable medium of claim 1, the specifying further comprising receiving input parameters from the user via the business intelligence application, wherein the input parameters determine the configuration details.

6. A method for specifying configuration details for providing a business intelligence report for a user, the method comprising:

displaying a list of available pre-defined business intelligence reports adapted for a specific business application, each pre-defined business intelligence report comprising associated configuration details;

receiving a request, from a business intelligence application, for at least one pre-defined business intelligence report from the list of available pre-defined business intelligence reports;

in response to the request, assembling a query by a processor; and

providing by the processor the requested business intelligence report and the query to the business intelligence application, wherein the business intelligence application performs the query on business data of a user database, and retrieved data is generated and displayed based on the configuration details;

wherein the configuration details comprise a pre-defined format for the retrieved data, the pre-defined format comprising at least one of a filter, an aggregate function or a graph.

7. The method of claim 6, the specifying further comprising charging the user a fee each time the business intelligence report is provided or charging the user once for unlimited use of the business intelligence report.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the business data of the user database remains on a network inaccessible to the public or to a provider of the at least one business intelligence report.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the configuration details include structured query language code.

10. The method of claim 6, the specifying further comprising receiving input parameters from the user via the business intelligence application, wherein the input parameters determine the configuration details.

11. A system for specifying configuration details for providing a business intelligence report for a user, the system comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising;

a displaying module that displays a list of available business intelligence reports adapted for a specific business application, each pre-defined business intelligence report comprising associated configuration details;

a first receiving module that receives a request, from a business intelligence application, for at least one pre-defined business intelligence report from the list of available pre-defined business intelligence reports and in response to the request, assembling a query; and

a first providing module that provides the requested business intelligence report and the query to the business intelligence application, wherein the business intelligence application performs the query on business data of a user database, and retrieved data is generated and displayed based on the configuration details;

wherein the configuration details comprise a pre-defined format for the retrieved data, the pre-defined format comprising at least one of a filter, an aggregate function or a graph.

12. The system of claim 11, the memory further comprising a charging module that charges the user a fee each time the business intelligence report is provided or charges the user once for unlimited use of the business intelligence report.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the business data of the user database remains on a network inaccessible to the public or to a provider of the at least one business intelligence report.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the configuration details include structured query language code.

15. The system of claim 11, the memory further comprising a second receiving module that receives input parameters from the user via the business intelligence application, wherein the input parameters determine the configuration details.

16. A computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to provide a business intelligence report for a user, the providing comprising:

displaying a list of available business intelligence reports to the user;

receiving a request, from the user, for at least one business intelligence report from the list of available business intelligence reports;

in response to receiving the request, requesting configuration details for providing the at least one business intelligence report from a business intelligence store;

receiving configuration details from the business intelligence store;

connecting to a user database, wherein the user database stores business data;

performing a query on the business data of the user database, wherein the query is determined by the configuration details provided by the business intelligence store; and

formatting the results of the query for presenting to the user.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the user is charged a fee each time the business intelligence report is provided or the user is charged once for unlimited use of the business intelligence report.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the user database stores business data that is inaccessible to the public, and the business intelligence store does not have access to the user database.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the configuration details include structured query language code.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 16, the providing further comprising receiving input parameters from the user, wherein the input parameters determine the configuration details.