Patent ID: 7571441
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. At a requesting computer system in a computerized environment in which the requesting computer and a responding computer system exchange information over a network, a method of retrieving information from the responding computer in a transport neutral way, such that the information exchanged between the requesting computer system and the responding computer system is configurable, comprising the acts of: identifying a first endpoint reference for content to be retrieved from a responding computer system; creating a SOAP get message that is addressed to the first endpoint reference with a SOAP header, the SOAP get message including a message identifier, a request for the content, and one or more parameters for receiving the content; sending the SOAP get message to the responding computer system through a first transport protocol; and receiving from the responding computer system a SOAP response message that relates to the message identifier of the SOAP get message, the SOAP response message being received through a second transport protocol.