Patent ID: 7716353
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A Web Services availability method, comprising: passively populating an availability cache in a computer system with discrete business objects from a Web Service communicatively connectable to the computer system via a network by storing business objects in the availability cache received in response to client applications in the computer system making client-based requests to the Web Service, the business objects being directly usable by the client applications; actively populating the availability cache with business objects from the Web Service by directly requesting business objects from the Web Service with an automated controller associated with the availability cache, wherein directly requesting business objects from the Web Service comprises: routing a new client-based request from one of the client applications in the computer system to the Web Service; and responding to the new client-based request with one of the stored business objects from the availability cache if the Web Service fails to respond to the new client-based request, otherwise responding to the new client-based request with a new business object received from the Web Service in response to the new client-based request.