Patent ID: 7188345
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of application integration, the method comprising: providing a multiplicity of predefined data communications receivers, each receiver specific to a software application and a communications protocol; providing a multiplicity of predefined data communications senders, each sender specific to a software application and a communications protocol; providing one or more data communications transports, each transport having the capability of configuring itself, in dependence upon configuration parameters from an adapter profile, with a receiver and a sender; providing a multiplicity of predefined transfer managers; providing the adapter profile identifying the transports, including the receivers and the senders, and, optionally, one or more transfer managers, wherein the adapter profile includes configuration parameters for the transports and the transfer managers; and constructing an application integration adapter in dependence upon the profile, wherein the adapter comprises the transports the receivers, the senders, and the transfer managers identified in the profile.