Varying of message encoding

US7814211B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Michael Steven Vernal · San Francisco, US
• Aaron Stern · Bellevue, US
• Donald F. Box · Bellevue, US
• Erik B. Christensen · Seattle, US
• Kenneth D. Wolf · Seattle, US
• Michael J. Coulson · Clyde Hill, US
• Elliot Waingold · Seattle, US
• Luis Felipe Cabrera · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 31, 2006
• Grant date: Oct 12, 2010
• Expiry date: Oct 22, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99948
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments described herein provide a user with the ability to vary the encoding of a message object rather than being bound to a specific one, e.g., the text encoding for SOAP messaging. Accordingly, a message encoding factory is provided that is responsible for mapping a message object (e.g., SOAP Infoset) into raw octets suitable for wire transmission. By encapsulating the notion of a message encoder factory abstractly, embodiments allow users to vary the encoding of an Infoset without varying the programming model (or any other aspect of the system that uses message). In other words, embodiments herein separate the transport (e.g., TCP, HTTP, etc.) from the encoding, which allows users to use any number of encoding mechanisms—even their own proprietary ones.