Patent ID: 7302431
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A configuration architecture comprising: a host instance comprising a host application server and a host database schema; a customer instance corresponding to a customer, wherein the customer instance comprises a corresponding customer application server and a corresponding customer database schema; a remote configuration engine for the host instance to receive host-defined data from a content factory, wherein the host-defined data comprises host-defined content and associated host-defined metadata; wherein the remote configuration engine further comprises: a content factory export module for the content factory to export the host-defined content and the associated host-defined metadata, wherein the content factory generates the host-defined content and the associated host-defined metadata; a host-based import module for the host instance to import the host-defined content and the associated host-defined metadata, and is further to forward the host-defined content and the associated host-defined metadata to a host-based integration module; and the host-based integration module for the host instance to integrate the imported host-defined content with the host-defined content in the host shared content repository, and the imported host-defined metadata with the host-defined metadata in the host host-based metadata repository; and a customer configuration engine for the customer to configure the host-defined data and host-defined rules, wherein the host-defined rules are generated by a host-based rules engine.