Patent ID: 9229998
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of exchanging information content between a back-end system and a front-end system comprising: receiving, at a manager node, query data from said front-end system in response to said front-end system executing a mini-application, wherein said mini-application is a light-weight application that performs a specific function operating that is a sub application of an application operating on the front-end system to provide secure access to a back-end system and said manager node is a multi-tenant cloud application; generating, at said manager node, a request for said information content in response to receipt of said query data, said request being generated in a first format; communicating said request in said first format from said manager node to an access node within a restricted access environment containing said back-end system; converting, at said access node, said request for said information content from said first format to a second format supported by said back-end system; conveying said request in said second format from said access node to said back-end system; obtaining, at said access node, said information content in said second format from said back-end system; forming, at said access node, a response in said first format, said response containing said information content; sending said information content contained in said response from said access node to said front-end system via said manager node, wherein said manager node provides integration, security, usage and data services between said mini-applications executing on said front-end system and said backend systems via said access node within said restricted access environment; converting, at said front-end said system, said response from said first format to a notification that includes said information content; displaying said notification at said front-end system, wherein said front-end system is one of a plurality of front-end systems associated with an end-user, and said converting and displaying operations provide said notification in a display format optimized for said one of said plurality of front-end systems and wherein said displaying operation comprises displaying said notification as a pop-up message; and wherein said back-end system executes an SAP application, said information content is non-remote enabled data contained within said SAP application, said second format is suitable for communication with a business function enabler of said SAP application, and said conveying operation comprises conveying said request to said business function enabler to extract said non-remote enabled data as said information content for provision to said front-end system.