Patent ID: 6826597
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for retrieving information from one or more data sources, the method including the steps of:receiving, from a particular type of client, a request for a service; wherein said request for said service is received at a system located separately from said client; wherein said request is sent by a particular user; within said system generating, based on a first set of parameters, a request object; wherein said first set of parameters includes identity of said service; based on said request object, said system transmitting requests to one or more data sources; at said system receiving responses to said requests from said one or more data sources in one or more formats other than a particular format; at said system converting said responses into said particular format; at said system generating, based on said responses, a composite response document in said particular format; at said system transforming said composite response document into a client-formatted response based on a second set of parameters; wherein said second set of parameters includes identity of said particular type of client; and at said system transmitting said client-formatted response to said particular user.