Providing a fine-grained response from a coarse-grained service object

US9032087B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• John H. Bosma · Cedar Park, US
• James Conallen · Souderton, US
• Eoin Lane · Littleton, US
• Mei Yang Selvage · Austin, US
• Ningning Wang · Tianjin, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 13, 2007
• Grant date: May 12, 2015
• Expiry date: Mar 18, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for generating data at a fine level of detail based on a request to a service object that provides data at a coarse level of detail. The request to the service object includes a data request and a response template indicating the level of detail or selection required in the response. The service object server accesses data using the service object api and coarse level of detail. A navigator uses the data request to develop an information model of the data and then traverses the information model to extract the data needed for a response at the level of detail indicated by the response template. The service object is thus able to return data at a fine level of detail from an object that supports only coarse levels of detail.