US Patent:
20140032472, Jan 30, 2014
Inventors:
Vikram V. Kaledhonkar - Santa Clara CA, US
Uma Maheswari Kandaswamy - San Jose CA, US
Kamaljeet Ahluwalia - Fremont CA, US
Lev Sigal - Foster City CA, US
Rukmini Reddy Muduganti - Dublin CA, US
Koptilin Pavel Vladimirovich - Odessa, UA
Yurii Logosha - Yuzhny, UA
Assignee:
SELECTICA, INC. - San Mateo CA
International Classification:
G06N 5/02
Abstract:
A configuration system, method, and software program is provided for enabling users to create and use rule patterns to generate custom product-configuration rules. The method includes enabling a designer to submit example rules or template rules for a rule pattern. The designer is then able to select which variables will be customizable in instances of the rule pattern. A modeler is able to select the rule pattern from a rule pattern library as a basis for creating custom configuration rules for a product. In response to the modeler selecting the rule pattern from the library, a user interface is generated in which the customizable fields for each template rule in the rule pattern are displayed and the modeler is able to enter values for the customizable fields. Configuration rules are then generated for the product from the template rules and the values entered by the modeler for the customizable fields.