Patent · US Expired

Web service agent

US7440940B2 · kind B2 · utility

37Cited by

6References

26Claims

0Family size

Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Ye Chen · Sunnyvale, US
Hartmut Vogler · Foster City, US
Christian Drumm · Karlsruhe, DE
Kaj Van De Loo · San Francisco, US
Claudius Link · Kassel, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 2, 2002
Grant date	Oct 21, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 18, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/99934
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a web service agent application. The web service agent application has a communication module and a processing module. The communication module receives requests from one or more web service applications or one or more adaptive agent applications; and transmits responses to one or more web service applications or one or more adaptive agent applications. The processing module receives a request for information from the communication module; identifies a resource that can fulfill the request for information; obtains a response to the request from the identified resource; and delivers the response to the request to the communication module.

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