Patent · US Expired

Exchange infrastructure system and method

US7346893B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

20Claims

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Anton Deimel · Malschenberg, DE
Walter Kirchgassner · Auetal, DE
Christian Lienert · Griesheim, DE
Holger Meinert · Östringen, DE
Kurt Reiner · Oftersheim, DE
Paul Daniel Weber · Wiesloch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 27, 2003
Grant date	Mar 18, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 15, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/254
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An exchange infrastructure for message-based exchange and integration of a collection of heterogeneous software components is disclosed. The exchange infrastructure includes a repository for storing design-time collaboration descriptions of a plurality of software components, and a directory for storing configuration-specific collaboration descriptions of a runtime system landscape. The exchange infrastructure further includes a runtime engine configured for message-based exchange of information based on the configuration-specific collaboration descriptions. At runtime, the runtime engine receives messages, and resolves intended or required receivers based on message content and parameters provided by the configuration-specific collaboration descriptions from the directory.

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