Abstract initiator
US6671728B1 · kind B1 · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 18, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 30, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/24
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system using an electronic data interchange (EDI), which can also be referred to as a message broker or integration broker, handles the passage of data, such as files or electronic mail, between multiple computers. When transferring data from a computer internal to the network in which the message broker is located to a computer external to the network, a transfer protocol is used, such as FTP or SMTP. The message broker determines the transfer protocol to be used and invokes an initiator, which supports the determined transfer protocol, to make the data transfer according to the determined transfer protocol. The initiator can be implemented as a plug-in module to the message broker and may communicate with the message broker through a generic interface, which may be implemented as an application programming interface API.
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