Patent ID: 8484379
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising the steps of: building a metadata packet, consisting exclusively of metadata, for transmitting source data having a representation consistent with a source application having an application-specific unconverted file data format to a target system, the representation defined by the metadata packet, the building step comprising the steps of: storing application definition for the source data comprising application-specific names and application-specific data formats; matching the application-specific names in the definition to standard names, wherein the matching includes using a graphical user interface; creating said metadata packet from the matched standard names; storing the created metadata packet entries each of which comprises a name selected from the standard names and one of the application-specific data formats; and storing at least one standard process name as part of the metadata packet entries; wherein the steps of building, storing application definition, matching, creating, and storing at least one standard process name are performed by a central processing unit and using memory storage; and wherein the representation of the source data is unconverted during transfer and does not require conversion or assembly at the target to retrieve the file data.