Patent ID: 6237041
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A device for integrating an arrangement of a number of computerized essentially arbitrary client systems (2) including software and computer applications, being independent of each other, by permitting communication between the client systems (2), each client system (2) having a system-specific structure and being adapted to process information in a system-specific native format,wherein the device comprises an integrating server (4) and a number of communication connections for the exchange of a message, derived from the information, between the client systems (2) and said integrating server (4),each communication connection being provided to connect a client system (2) to said integrating server (4) and comprising a client adapter (5) adapted to the system-specific format and the system specific structure of the respective client system (2) for the exchange of said message in the system-specific native format and a server adapter (6) for the exchange of said message in the respective system-specific native format with said integrating server (4),said integrating server comprising a transformation means (15) arranged to transform said message published by a client system (2) in the system-specific native format to another system-specific format permitting subscription of said transformed message by any other of the client systems (2), anda tool (3) for staging the integration comprising:means (31) for inputting a description (41-49) of each of the client systems,means (32) for storing said description (41-49), andmeans for generating in an automatic manner with the aid of said description (41-49) said transformation means of said integrating server, said client adapter (5) and said server adapter (6).