Patents by Inventor Ling Ling Lu

Ling Ling Lu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Generating business rule model
    Patent number: 10185925
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and program product for generating a business rule model. In one embodiment, there is provided a method for generating a business rule model, comprising: extracting from source code of an application system a business flow executed by the source code, the business flow comprising a plurality of business procedures that are executed in an order; analyzing parts in the source code that are associated with various business procedures among the plurality of business procedures, building rule metadata describing business rules followed by various business procedures; and generating a business rule model followed by the business flow on the basis of the order and the rule metadata. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for generating a business rule model. Accordingly, a business rule model may be automatically generated from source code of an application system without manual manipulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yue Bai, Xu Ming Chen, Yan Jun Huang, Yun Li Li, Jian Min Liu, Ying Liu, Ling Ling Lu, Jian Qin, Xi Ning Wang
  • Generating Business Rule Model
    Publication number: 20150371159
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and program product for generating a business rule model. In one embodiment, there is provided a method for generating a business rule model, comprising: extracting from source code of an application system a business flow executed by the source code, the business flow comprising a plurality of business procedures that are executed in an order; analyzing parts in the source code that are associated with various business procedures among the plurality of business procedures, building rule metadata describing business rules followed by various business procedures; and generating a business rule model followed by the business flow on the basis of the order and the rule metadata. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for generating a business rule model. Accordingly, a business rule model may be automatically generated from source code of an application system without manual manipulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Yue Bai, Xu Ming Chen, Yan Jun Huang, Yun Li Li, Jian Min Liu, Ying Liu, Ling Ling Lu, Jian Qin, Xi Ning Wang