Inventors:
Subhra Bose - Hauppauge NY, US
Steve Scimone - Massapequa NY, US
Nallan Sriraman - East Meadow NY, US
Ziyang Duan - Hicksville NY, US
Arthur Bernstein - East Setauket NY, US
Philip Lewis - Stony Brook NY, US
Radu Grosu - Rocky Point NY, US
Assignee:
Reuters America Inc. - New York NY
International Classification:
G06F 9/46
US Classification:
718106, 718100, 718101, 718102
Abstract:
A system for business processes within and between organizations and/or individuals may be automated using standards-based, service-oriented business process automation architectures based on XML and Web Services Standards is described. An execution framework for the business processes is also described. Further aspects include a decomposition methodology for deconstructing business process specifications into business flows, business rules and business states. The business flows (FIG. ), rules (FIG. ) and states (FIG. ) may be defined in declarative languages and include the interaction, cooperation and coordination between the flow, rules and state engines, and the execution model for business processes within the framework.