Service-oriented architecture systems and methods

US7801976B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Donna K. Hodges · Cumming, US
• Barrett Kreiner · Norcross, US
• Jai Menon · Alpharetta, US
• Tommy W. Walton · Birmingham, US
• Thomas W. Rehkopf · Roswell, US
• Steven Tischer · Atlanta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 28, 2003
• Grant date: Sep 21, 2010
• Expiry date: Nov 30, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/02
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes capturing service properties in one or more service process profiles, receiving a request for service, and interrogating the request and possible services by reviewing service properties captured in the service process profiles. A computer architecture includes a service manage profile and a service meter profile. A computer infrastructure includes a service component including a service-oriented architecture and a serviceware component including a manager for interpreting the service-oriented architecture.