Abstract: The present invention is a method, system and apparatus for maintaining transactional integrity within an adaptive value chain involving cross enterprise interactions. In the present invention, transactional integrity can be maintained in a cross-enterprise business process management system by managing business transformation operations among cross-enterprise interactions to produce an adaptive value chain. At the same time, atomicity can be enforced among the business transformation operations and the cross-enterprise interactions.

Abstract: The present invention is a method, system and apparatus for real-time multi-business modal business process transformation interaction in a cross-enterprise business process management system. In accordance with the present invention, a method for real-time multi-modal interaction in a cross-enterprise business process management system can include the steps of handling an event in a business process specification document processing engine and forwarding the event through a gateway interface to a real-time interaction client. A responsive instruction can be received from the real-time interaction client through the gateway interface. In consequence, the execution of a business process transformation script can be triggered based upon the responsive instruction.

Abstract: The present invention is a method, system and apparatus for dynamically binding principal services to activities in a business process in a cross-enterprise business process management system. In a preferred aspect of the invention, the system can include a business process specification document processing engine configured to process business process specification documents in which each of the documents defines a business process. A deployment service can be coupled to the engine and programmed to generate and deploy partner link instances for corresponding partner links specified in the documents. Finally, a link base authority can be configured to notify each partner link instance when an endpoint reference to a principal service has changed. Notably, the business process specification documents can include BPEL documents. As such, the business process specification document processing engine can include a BPEL4WS run-time engine.

Abstract: The present invention is a system, method and apparatus for for real-time blogging. In a preferred aspect of the invention, a real-time bi-directional blogging system can include a blog and a bi-directional syndication interface to the blog. Importantly, an instant messaging system can be coupled to the syndication interface of the blog. The instant messaging system of the present invention can include a chat server and at least one chat client. Notably, a bot can be coupled to the chat server. The bot can be programmed to communicate blog postings received in the chat server to the chat client or clients. The bot can be further programmed to communicate responses to the blog postings received from the chat client or clients to the blog through the syndication interface.

Abstract: The present invention is a method, system and apparatus for for dynamic business protocol based policy injection in a cross-enterprise business process management system. In accordance with the present invention, a defined business process can be re-factored to permit the handling of business process transformation events. Moreover, one or more mappings to the event handlers can be registered as can one or more business transformation operatives configured to specify the activation of specific business activities at particular places within the business process. Once re-factored, the business process can be “seeded” with a business process transformation policy. Subsequently, upon receipt of a business process transformation event, the instance of the business transformation operative can be located and the specific business activities can be activated and the business process can be suitably configured according to the mapped business transformation operatives and through the operation of the event handlers.