Patent ID: 6742181
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
An inter-application data transmitting/receiving system comprising:a data format conversion rule memory for storing a data format conversion rule including a first conversion rule for converting a data format being dependent on an application as an application dependent format into an intermediate format being independent of the application and a second conversion rule for converting the intermediate format into the application dependent format; a flow control rule memory for storing a flow control rule including first and second control commands for executing the application; and a resident agent for executing the application based upon the first control command to obtain data in the application dependent format and converting the data obtained into the data in the intermediate format based upon the first conversion rule, and for receiving and converting the data in the intermediate format into the data in the application dependent format based upon the second conversion rule and executing the application based upon the second control command to update the data in the application dependent format obtained with the data in the application dependent format received and converted.