Patent ID: 9612889
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A processor implemented method for use at a computer system, the computer system including system memory, the computer system implementing a hop, the hop offering one or more data processing services, each of the one or more data processing services configured to transform data in a defined manner, the hop configured for inclusion in a route between applications, the processor implemented method for processing data being sent from one application to another application, the processor implemented method comprising: accessing a message at the hop, the message including data and a header, the data being passed from the application to the other application to integrate the application with the other application, the header defining a route of one or more hops between the application and the other application along with one or more designated services that are to be applied to the data along the defined route to facilitate the integration; determining that at least one designated service is included in the one or more data processing services offered at the hop; for each of the at least one designated services: determining a next module in the route that is to receive the processed data based on the header; and sending the processed data to a next module indicated in the route.