Patent ID: 6816865
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
An eCommerce system for processing requests, comprising:an application comprising an interface defining request and response format requirements and an invocation method for invoking the application; an abstract interface corresponding to the interface of the application and defining an abstraction of the request and response format requirements and the invocation method; and at least one message format data structure defining an interface definition of a message format of a particular eCommerce request that is incompatible with the request and response format requirements of the application, the message format data structure comprising: protocol information identifying a protocol of the particular eCommerce request; request type information identifying a type of request of the particular eCommerce request; request data format information identifying a request schema describing a request format of request data for the particular eCommerce request, wherein the request schema comprises a plurality of input fields; an input field definition mapping to selected input fields of the plurality of input fields; response data format information identifying a response schema describing a response format of response data for the particular eCommerce request, wherein the response schema comprises a plurality of output fields; and an output field definition mapping to selected output fields of the plurality of output fields; and wherein the input field definition and the output field definition are mapped to the abstract interface; whereby the particular eCommerce request can be serviced by the application.