Patent ID: 7475088
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of providing data from a data source to a data sink, the method comprising the steps of: a) receiving a first request from the data sink, wherein the first request does not specify a specific entity of the data source requested by the data sink; b) in response to the first request, sending a list of entities of the data source to the data sink; c) receiving a second request from the data sink, the second request being indicative of at least one of the entities; d) in response to the second request, sending a first descriptor descriptive of an extractor structure of the at least one entity to the data source; e) receiving a data request from the data sink, the data request indicative of the at least one entity and comprising a second descriptor descriptive of a sub-structure of the extractor structure of the at least one entity; f) filling the extractor structure with data from the data source; g) reducing the extractor structure to the sub-structure; h) sending the data of the sub-structure to the data sink; and i) presenting the data received by the data sink.