Patent ID: 8396731
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A computer program product comprising application software encoded on a non-transitory, tangible machine-readable storage medium, the application software being structured as process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, executing on a processor the software comprising: a plurality of process components, each of the process components comprising a modular and application-independent package of reusable granular software implementing a respective and distinct business process, the business process comprising functionality exposed by the process component via at least one service interface, the plurality of process components including: an RFQ Processing process component that handles requests for quotation and corresponding quotes; and a plurality of service interfaces, each service interface associated with exactly one process component and comprising at least one operation, each operation being implemented for exactly one process component, the operations comprising inbound and outbound operations, the outbound operation for a first process component being operable to send a message to a second process component of the plurality of process components, the second process component having an inbound operation for receiving the message, the passing of messages between an inbound and an outbound operation defining a message-based pair-wise interaction between the respective process components of the respective operations, the pair-wise interactions between pairs of the process components including interactions between: message comprising a request to modify a purchase request; and the RFQ Processing process component and the Purchase Order Processing process component, where the pair-wise interaction between the RFQ Processing process component and the Purchase Order Processing process component includes the transmission of: the Purchase Order Processing process component and the Supplier Invoice Processing process component, where the pair-wise interaction between the Purchase Order Processing process component and the Supplier Invoice Processing process component includes the transmission of: the Goods and Service Acknowledgement process component and the Supplier Invoice Processing process component, where the pair-wise interaction between the Goods and Service Acknowledgement process component and the Supplier Invoice Processing process component includes the transmission of: the Project Processing process component and the Time and Labor Management process component, where the pair-wise interaction between the Project Processing process component and the Time and Labor Management process component includes the transmission of: