Process metadata triggers and events

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016299933-A1
Application number	US-201514681388-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 8, 2015
Priority date	Apr 8, 2015
Publication date	Oct 13, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for implementing process metadata triggers and events. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention allow for process metadata events to be defined and generated, including the program code and interfaces that may define the triggering criteria and actions associated with the events. Certain embodiments include ongoing evaluations of triggering criteria for events, including criteria both internal and external to an enterprise system, and generating new event occurrences based on the evaluations of triggering criteria for events. Events and event occurrences may be tracked and monitored, and programmatic actions may be initiated in response to the creation or modification of an event or an event occurrence, including modification of enterprise system software, generation and transmission of targeted user notifications, the generation and customization of electronic documents, and the like.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for generating an event occurrence object, the method comprising:
generating an event occurrence object based on a determination that one or more trigger criteria has occurred; determining a plurality of users associated with the event occurrence object; modifying one or more multi-user software applications to permit selection of the event occurrence object by the plurality of users; determining that a first user in the plurality of users has selected the event occurrence object via the one or more multi-user software applications; and in response to determining that the first user has selected the event occurrence object, modifying the one or more multi-user software applications to prevent selection of the event occurrence object by other users in the plurality of users.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the event occurrence object comprises:
querying a database associated with the one or more multi-user software applications; and comparing results of the query with a plurality of trigger criteria corresponding to a plurality of different events.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the event occurrence object comprises:
receiving an electronic communication from a user authorized to initiate event occurrences, the electronic communication identifying a first event; and generating the event occurrence object as an occurrence of the first event, in response to the electronic communication.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the event occurrence object comprises:
retrieving scheduling criteria for generating the event occurrence object; periodically polling one or more computer hardware resources associated with the one or more multi-user software applications, in accordance with the retrieved scheduling criteria; and generating the event occurrence object based on results of the periodically polling one or more computer hardware resources, and based on the retrieved scheduling criteria.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the first user has deselected the event occurrence object; and in response to determining that the first user has deselected the event occurrence object, modifying the one or more multi-user software applications to permit selection of the event occurrence object by other users in the plurality of users.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving an indication that the first user has completed an action associated with the event occurrence object; and in response to receiving the indication, removing the event occurrence object from a list of active event occurrence objects.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that an action associated with the event occurrence object has not been completed within a predetermined time period following the selection of the event occurrence object by the first user; and in response to said determination, modifying the one or more multi-user software applications to permit selection of the event occurrence object by other users in the plurality of users.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the event occurrence object comprises:
retrieving a list of one or more electronic documents associated with the event occurrence object; generating one or more new electronic documents corresponding to the retrieved list; querying a database associated with the one or more multi-user software applications; and modifying the one or more new electronic documents based on the results of the query.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
in response to determining that the first user has selected the event occurrence object, retrieving user data corresponding to the first user; and modifying the one or more new electronic documents based on the retrieved user data corresponding to the first user.

10 . A system comprising:
a processor; and a memory coupled with and readable by the processor and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to generate an event occurrence object by:
generating an event occurrence object based on a determination that one or more trigger criteria has occurred;
determining a plurality of users associated with the event occurrence object;
modifying one or more multi-user software applications to permit selection of the event occurrence object by the plurality of users;
determining that a first user in the plurality of users has selected the event occurrence object via the one or more multi-user software applications; and
in response to determining that the first user has selected the event occurrence object, modifying the one or more multi-user software applications to prevent selection of the event occurrence object by other users in the plurality of users.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein generating the event occurrence object comprises:
querying a database associated with the one or more multi-user software applications; and comparing results of the query with a plurality of triggering conditions corresponding to a plurality of different events.

12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein generating the event occurrence object comprises:
receiving an electronic communication from a user authorized to initiate event occurrences, the electronic communication identifying a first event; and generating the event occurrence object as an occurrence of the first event, in response to the electronic communication.

13 . The system of claim 10 , wherein generating the event occurrence object comprises:
retrieving scheduling criteria for generating the event occurrence object; periodically polling one or more computer hardware resources associated with the one or more multi-user software applications, in accordance with the retrieved scheduling criteria; and generating the event occurrence object based on results of the periodically polling one or more computer hardware resources, and based on the retrieved scheduling criteria.

14 . The system of claim 10 , the memory storing therein further instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
determine that the first user has deselected the event occurrence object; and in response to determining that the first user has deselected the event occurrence object, modify the one or more multi-user software applications to permit selection of the event occurrence object by other users in the plurality of users.

15 . The system of claim 10 , the memory storing therein further instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
receive an indication that the first user has completed an action associated with the event occurrence object; and in response to receiving the indication, remove the event occurrence object from a list of active event occurrence objects.

16 . The system of claim 10 , the memory storing therein further instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
determine that an action associated with the event occurrence object has not been completed within a predetermined time period following the selection of the event occurrence object by the first user; and in response to said determination, modify the one or more multi-user software applications to permit selection of the event occurrence object by other users in the plurality of users.

17 . A computer-readable memory comprising a set of instructions stored therein which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to genera

Assignees

• Oracle Int Corp

Inventors

• Fillipi Steven
• Bali Gurbinder

Classifications

• G06F17/3051

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30377

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30362 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F16/2343 Primary

  Locking methods, e.g. distributed locking or locking implementation details · CPC title

• G06F16/24565 Primary

  Triggers; Constraints · CPC title