Patent ID: 7475081
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: G06Q,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of processing eCommerce requests, comprising: receiving a request of a first request type, wherein requests of the first request type includes a first plurality of input fields; in response to receiving the request of the first request type, determining an application to invoke, wherein the application is configured to process a request of a second request type, wherein requests of the second request type includes a second plurality of input fields; invoking an instance of an access method, wherein the access method defines an interface of the application for the second request type; mapping one or more of the first plurality of input fields to the second plurality of input fields, wherein the mapping comprises, for each field of the second plurality of input fields: extracting a value from at least one of the first plurality of input fields, and arranging the value according to a definition specified by the access method; invoking the application by passing the second plurality of input fields to the interface of the application for the second request type; receiving, in response to invoking the application, a response that includes one or more output fields; and generating a response of a first response type by mapping the received one or more output fields to a mapped plurality of output fields, wherein the mapped plurality of output fields corresponds to a plurality of output fields of the first response type.