Patent ID: 7475096
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of distributed communications for use in a distributed environment comprising a first data processing system having an associated first entity; a second data processing system having an associated second entity; wherein the first entity sends a request to the second data processing system for an operation associated with the second entity, the request comprising an operation identifier in a first format and the operation comprising an operation identifier in a second format; and a data structure comprising an association between the operation identifier in the first format and the operation identifier in the second format; the method further comprising: intercepting the request; parsing the request to determine the operation identifier of the request; determining the format of the operation identifier of the request; searching the data structure for the operation identifier of the request in the first format; mapping, responsive to a successful search, the operation identifier in the first format to the operation identifier in the second format, wherein the operation identifier in the first format is present in the data structure; and executing, responsive to the mapping, the request on the second entity.