Patent ID: 7818294
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) gateway for facilitating interaction between a web service client and Information Management Systems (IMS) software product, the gateway comprising: a computer readable storage medium; Information Management Systems (IMS) software product comprising an IMS Connect software product, an IMS datastore, and an IMS application, the IMS software product stored on the computer readable storage medium; a SOAP endpoint configured to receive a SOAP message containing an XML encoded web service request from a SOAP enabled web service client; a SOAP message processor configured to extract the web service request from the SOAP message; a correlation module configured to select a predefined correlation mapping based on an identifier extracted from the web service request, the identifier comprising a unique web service provider identifier (WSPID), and the correlation mapping comprising a mapping between the unique WSPID and one or more correlation parameters; a header module configured to build a header and combine the header with the web service request, the header comprising an IMS datastore identifier, an IMS application identifier, an IMS Connect identifier, and an IMS security identifier, wherein the header module builds the IMS datastore identifier, the IMS application identifier, the IMS Connect identifier, and the IMS security identifier from values in the selected correlation mapping; and an internet protocol (IP) connection module configured to establish an IP connection to the IMS Connect software product using an IP address and a port number taken from the IMS Connect identifier, the IP connection module further configured to transmit the web service request to the IMS Connect software product over the IP connection.