Patent ID: 9525754
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a computer, a request for a resource over an interface from a client; returning the resource from the computer to the client in response to receiving the request, the resource being an atom (Extensible Markup Language (XML)) representation comprising links to a plurality of actions that can be performed on the resource; receiving, at the computer, an action selected from the plurality of actions to be performed on the resource comprising receiving a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) POST command to a link of the action with a payload for the action, the action being received from the client; in response to receiving the action, returning a unique task instance comprising information about the action, returning the unique task instance comprising returning a unique task instance comprising: enabling the client to poll the resource periodically after receiving the action; and enabling the client to access the affected resources.