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(12) PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION (21) Application No.6670/DELNP/2008 A
(19) INDIA
(22) Date of filing of Application :31/07/2008 (43) Publication Date : 24/10/2008
(54) Title of the invention : "SYSTEM AND MEHOD FOR SUPPLY CHAIN AGGREGATION AND WEB SERVICES"
(51) International classification :G06F 17/60 (71)Name of Applicant :
(31) Priority Document No :10/309,447
1)INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES
(32) Priority Date :04/12/2002 CORPORATION
(33) Name of priority country :U.S.A.
Address of Applicant :NEW ORCHARD ROAD, ARMONK,
(86) International Application No :PCT/US2003/038560 NY 10504 U.S.A. U.S.A.
Filing Date
:04/12/2003 (72)Name of Inventor :
(87) International Publication No :WO 2004/051433 1)MEKA SEKAR
(61) Patent of Addition to Application
Number
Filing Date
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2)PATEL UMESHCHANDRA H.
(62) Divisional to Application Number :2533/DELNP/2005
Filed on
:10/06/2005
(57) Abstract :
An information management system comprises an entitlement engine (336), a communication module (308) including a web service
aggregator, and a private exchange network (390) operable to link the entitlement engine with the web service aggregator. The web
service aggregator comprises rules which are maintained in the private exchange network. The system has a core module (314)
including the entitlement engine; a data management module (312), transaction module (316) and service management module (318)
linked to the core module; and a database cluster (320) linked to the data management module. The system is configured to integrate a
onE-to-many business process interaction using on-demand supply chain management among enterprises who are customers of and
suppliers to each other.
No. of Pages : 22 No. of Claims : 5
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