Patent ID: 8645228
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer readable medium including program code for providing a message-based interface for performing a request for supplier freight quote service, the interface exposing at least one service as defined in a service registry, wherein upon execution the program code executes in an environment of computer systems providing message-based services and comprises: program code for receiving, from a service consumer, a first message for processing information for requesting a freight quote from a supplier, including terms and conditions of a transportation service and bidding rules of the tendering process; program code for invoking a request for supplier freight quote business object, wherein the business object is a logically centralized, semantically disjointed object for representing information for requesting a freight quote from a supplier, including terms and conditions of a transportation service and bidding rules of the tendering process, and comprises data logically organized as: program code for initiating transmission of a message transmission of a message to a heterogeneous second application, executing in the environment of computer systems providing message-based services, based on the data in the request for supplier freight quote business object, the message comprising a request for supplier freight quote request message entity, a message header package, and a request for supplier freight quote package.