Patent ID: 7458082
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for bridging a first computing environment based upon a message passing model to a second computing environment, comprising: a first entity in the first computing environment obtaining an advertisement for a service accessible through the second computing environment, wherein the advertisement includes access information for accessing the service; the first entity using the access information from the advertisement to access the service, wherein the first entity using the access information from the advertisement comprises the first entity accessing a proxy service through messages in a markup language in the first computing environment and according to the access information in the advertisement; the proxy service providing to the first entity an interface to a second entity in the second computing environment, wherein the second entity is the service in the second computing environment; wherein the first entity can not distinguish between the proxy service and the service in the second computing environment; and the first entity accessing the service in the second computing environment through the interface provided by the proxy service and according to the access information in the advertisement.