Exposing logic flows of web services and permitting logic flow modifications

US7743130B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Akram Bou-Ghannam · Boynton Beach, US
• John W. Miller · Suwanee, US
• Ryan Rozich · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 25, 2006
• Grant date: Jun 22, 2010
• Expiry date: Oct 6, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for specifying Web service behavior that includes a step of exposing an internal logic flow of a Web service to clients. The internal logic flow can include at least one activity, which is defined by a set of machine-readable instructions. A special invocation command for the Web service can be received from a client. The special invocation command can specify a modification for the activity. An instance of the Web service can be invoked for the client, where the Web service instance implements the modification instead of the activity.