Patent ID: 8230448
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a resource management system to support web services, the method comprising: identifying a web service object in a common information model of the resource management system, the web service object corresponding to a web service; a model object manager of the resource management system receiving a first query from a client; the model object manager generating a second query for a web service object provider associated with the web service object responsive to the received first query; the model object manager transmitting the second query to a web service object provider; the web service object provider receiving the second query; the web service object provider generating a corresponding web service request message; the web service object provider transmitting the web service request message to the web service; the web service object provider receiving a web service response message corresponding to the web service request message from the web service; the web service object provider generating a first response responsive to the received web service response message; the web service object provider transmitting the first response to the model object manager; the model object manager generating a second response responsive to the received first response; and the model object manager transmitting the second response to the client.