Patent ID: 7680877
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for processing SOAP requests at a device, wherein the device comprises at least one service application that provides at least one service, the method comprising: generating, at the service application: waiting for and receiving, by the external request processing thread, a SOAP request of the SOAP requests, wherein the SOAP request is for the service and from a client application; determining, by the external request processing thread, whether the SOAP request is of a first type or of a second type; if the SOAP request is of the first type, then placing, by the external request processing thread, the SOAP request in a first queue for subsequent handling by a fast request processing thread that is dedicated to handling SOAP requests of the first type; and if the SOAP request is of the second type, then placing, by the external request processing thread, the SOAP request in a second queue for subsequent handling by a slow request processing thread that is dedicated to handling SOAP requests of the second type; processing, by the fast or slow request processing thread, the SOAP request; and based on the SOAP request, sending, by the internal communications thread, a request to the component.