Context information associated with message flows in a messaging system

US7434225B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Michael Groetzner · Stuttgart, DE
• Harry Hoff · Schrobenhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 19, 2004
• Grant date: Oct 7, 2008
• Expiry date: Sep 20, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q20/3676
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Method, parser, messaging system, computer program and computer program product for handling context information associated with a message flow in a messaging system, the message flow having processing nodes for processing the message. A request is received at the parser to perform a first operation associated with the message. An indication of the context information to retrieve from a context store is obtained. This context information is for use by at least one of the processing nodes in the message flow for determining how to process the message. The context information is retrieved from the context store and a logical representation of the context information is then created in a format accessible by at least one processing node in the message flow.