Patent ID: 8943518
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A middleware system for managing workflows among computer applications, the system comprising: a common construct unit for retrieving a mapping between a component of a macro workflow of the middleware system and a micro workflow component of a first computer application for executing the macro workflow, wherein the mapping is a pre-defined mapping scheme stored in a database, wherein the pre-defined mapping scheme is 1:1, 1:N, or N:1, wherein N represents any number of components of a macro workflow or any number of micro workflow components, wherein the macro workflow orchestrates a plurality of micro workflows of the first computer application and a plurality of computer applications, wherein the macro workflow includes a series of steps, each step being one of the plurality of micro workflows, and wherein each of the plurality of micro workflows is performed by one of the plurality of computer applications; a workflow export unit for generating an output that enables the common construct to execute the macro workflow by executing at least one of the plurality of micro workflows on one of the first computer applications and the plurality of computer applications; a service manager component for: testing an existing connection between the middleware system and at least one of the first computer applications and the plurality of computer applications; an execution unit for executing the macro workflow on at least one of the first computer applications and the plurality of computer applications; and a monitoring unit for retrieving the status of the application software environment of the at least one of the first computer applications and the plurality of computer applications and; obtaining the status of the execution of the micro workflow corresponding to the macro workflow.