Patent ID: 7707548
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of integrating software systems, the method comprising: identifying, by a processor of a computer, the software systems that are to be integrated; identifying, by the a processor of the computer, a scope of the integration based on a multi-level top-down approach, where the multi-level top-down approach includes: identifying, by the processor of the computer, the business processes, associated with the software systems, that are to be integrated; identifying, by the processor of the computer, the business rules that are defined for each of the business processes that are to be integrated; identifying, by the processor of the computer, faults in the business rules by applying generic depth-first search (DFS)-based techniques to the business rules; and modifying, by the processor of the computer, the business rules based on the identified faults.