Client device, information processing system and associated methodology of accessing networked services
US8886717B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 3, 2013 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/06
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system provides access to services from different servers via a common API. The system includes service-offering servers, a client that uses services offered by the service-offering servers, and an interchange server that acts as an intermediary when the client uses a service. The client communicates with the interchange server using a common API when the client uses service from the service-offering servers. The interchange server uses a unique API, which is unique to the service-offering server that offers the service being used by the client, to execute a processing sequence that is unique to the service-offering server. Thus client is able to use services offered by the service-offering servers with the use of a common API and without any need to use a different unique API for each service-offering server.
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