Client device and associated methodology of accessing networked services
US8352545B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 27, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jan 8, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/06
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system makes it possible to use services offered by a plurality of servers different from one another is realized with the use of a common API. The system includes a plurality of service-offering servers, a client that uses services offered by the plurality of service-offering servers, and an interchange server that performs intermediary processing when the client uses a service. The client performs communication with the interchange server while using a common API when using any service among a plurality of services offered by the plurality of service-offering servers. The interchange server uses a unique API, which is unique to the service-offering server that offers the service selected by the client, to execute a processing sequence that is unique to the service-offering server. The client may use any service among services offered by the plurality of service-offering servers with the use of a common API without any need to use a unique API, which is unique to each of the plurality of service-offering servers.
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