Patent ID: 7890607
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An execution apparatus for executing a function in response to a request received via a network, said apparatus comprising: a managing unit adapted to manage a first component that provides a first function; an obtaining unit adapted to obtain first interface information representing an first interface via which the managed first component that provides a function accepts a the request via the network; a generation unit adapted to generate an first interface of the execution apparatus for accepting, a via the network, the request of the first function provided by the first component via a network, based upon the first interface information of the first component, wherein the generated first interface defines input data for the first function and output data for the first function, and the generated first interface is published to the network; and a registering unit adapted to register a second component that provides a second function such that the registered second component is managed by the managing unit, wherein the generation unit generates a second interface of the execution apparatus for accepting via the network the request for the first function provided by the first component and a request for the second function provided by the second component, based upon the first interface information of the first component and second interface information that represents a second interface via which the registered second component accepts the request via the network, wherein the generated second interface defines the input data for the first function, the output data for the first function, input data for the second function and output data for the second function, and the generated second interface is published to the network.