Patent ID: 8307054
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring a network, the method comprising: providing a service-oriented integration server including a process engine; connecting to the network at least one physical server, each said physical server including an instance of the integration server, each said instance of the integration server including an instance of the process engine; providing a messaging layer for use with the network; at design time: generating runtime artifacts from the design time process model, said runtime artifact generation comprising: deploying each said package to a physical server, the package being deployed as a runtime asset for the corresponding instance of the process engine, wherein the process transition document messages are published by the process engine, each said process transition document message including routing data as a part of the message itself for routing the message, and wherein the process engine is configured to provide both location transparent: 1) execution of the process model such that the process model and each one of the steps within the process model are executed in a transparent manner with respect to the deployed location of each one of the packages that contain at least one of the plurality of steps; and 2) routing, via process transition document subscription and filtering.