Patent ID: 8832178
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a service portion to a user, the service portion being represented by a component forming part of a component combination, the component combination including a number of components having connections therebetween, each component representing a respective service portion and the component combination representing a sequence of service portions defining a service, wherein the method includes, in a processing system: a) receiving a service request, the service request defining a connection to at least one other component in the component combination; b) generating a component instance corresponding to the component, the component instance including at least one port for communicating with at least one other component; c) implement an agent associated with the at least one port, each agent being adapted to: d) transferring data with other components in accordance with the defined connection to thereby allow the service portion to be performed; e) the component instance performing the service portion by manipulating data; f) wherein in the event that a common data type and format can not be negotiated, the data is manually manipulated by an operator using the processing system such that the manipulated data can be transferred.