Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Provisioning of software components via workflow management systems
- Patent Title (中): 通过工作流管理系统提供软件组件
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Application No.: US12104582Application Date: 2008-04-17
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Publication No.: US07904416B2Publication Date: 2011-03-08
- Inventor: Frank Leymann , Dieter Roller
- Applicant: Frank Leymann , Dieter Roller
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Yee & Associates, P.C.
- Agent David A. Mims, Jr.
- Priority: DE03103270 20030902
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00 ; G06F17/00

Abstract:
For a software component to be installed on a target computer system a product dependency graph is determined which identifies additional software components required by the to-be-installed software component as prerequisite or corequisite software components. For each of these software components a corresponding installation facility is determined. Then a process model is generated being executable by a Workflow Management System (WFMS). The WFMS process model comprises a directed graph of activities, wherein each software component of the product dependency graph is associated with an activity such that when the activity is executed the installation facility corresponding to each of the software components is performed. Moreover, the WFMS process model is generated in a way that the sequence of activities in the directed graph is not violating the dependencies of the software components in the product dependency graph. Finally the WFMS process model is inserted in the WFMS as the provisioning process.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080216069A1 PROVISIONING OF SOFTWARE COMPONENTS VIA WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2008-09-04
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