Patent ID: 7234002
Filing Date: 2007-06-19
Classification: G06Q,G16H,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A midware server for use in an enterprise computer network having an enterprise management system and a plurality of clients communicatively coupled to the enterprise management system, wherein at least one of the clients is functionally represented by a plurality of subclients, wherein the plurality of clients communicate in accordance with a first data structure with which the enterprise management system is configured to communicate, and wherein the plurality of subclients communicate in accordance with a second data structure different from the first data structure and with which the enterprise management system is not configured to communicate, the midware server comprising: a network interface for communicatively coupling the enterprise management system to at least one of the plurality of clients functionally represented by a plurality of subclients; and task processing circuitry for converting at least a portion of first data structure communications directed to a client into second data structure communications and routing said second data structure communications to one or more of the subclients functionally representing said client, or for converting at least a portion of second data structure communications directed to the enterprise management system into first data structure communications and routing said first data structure communications to the enterprise management system, the conversion by the task processing circuitry being transparent to the enterprise management system in that the enterprise management system interfaces with the subclients through the at least one client functionally representing the subclients via the midware server; whereby the midware server effectively represents the subclients as a single client to the enterprise management system, and the enterprise management system continues to believe it is communicating with the single client, such that subclients may be added or removed from the enterprise computer network through the midware server while remaining transparent to the enterprise management system.