Patent ID: 7334038
Filing Date: 2008-02-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a plurality of services located on a plurality of servers as an extensible service bus, comprising: providing a registration service where an agent machine can register as a subscriber with the extensible service bus and receive a subscriber identification; providing a login service where the agent machine can connect to the extensible service bus using the subscriber identification; providing a service map management service that receives server location information from each of the plurality of services; generating a service location map comprising a listing of the plurality of the services included on the extensible service bus and server location information corresponding to each service of the listing; providing a connection status service to monitor the connection status of subscribers and the servers connected to the extensible service bus; and providing a network control service, wherein the network control service causes a setting on a network device to change to establish a network physical connection to the agent machine, and the network physical connection complies with a requirement for the agent machine to use one of the plurality of services; transmitting a copy of the service location map to each subscriber to the extensible service bus.