Patent ID: 8005923
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of managing message exchanges between a server device of a plurality of server devices and a client device over a communications network in accordance with a Hyper-Text Transmission Protocol (HTTP) communications protocol, said method comprising: receiving, at an HTTP bridge device operating at a second server device of said plurality of server devices, a first message transmitted from a first server device to the second server device over the communications network, where the first message includes a unique first identifier identifying a queue manager and a queue name associated with a third of said plurality of server devices to receive a reply message from the client device; substituting, at the HTTP bridge device, the queue name and queue manager name of said first identifier with a unique second identifier that avoids exposing queue manager name to the client in the first identifier, in the first message and providing the first message to the client device; subsequently receiving, at said HTTP bridge device, a second message from the client device, transmitted to the second server device over the communications network, where the second message includes the second identifier; and substituting, at the HTTP bridge device, the unique second identifier with the queue name and queue manager device of the first identifier and providing the second message to the queue manager device of the third server device via the HTTP bridge device.