Patent ID: 6834382
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for use in transforming content between an internal form associated with an internal system and an external form for use by an external system, said method comprising the steps of:establishing a generic processing engine for performing a transformation process relative to an information stream associated with an external system, said generic processing engine being adaptable to handle content in multiple forms associated with multiple external systems; first operating said generic processing engine to receive first content in one of said internal and external forms; second operating said generic processing engine to access storage including at least first external specification information relating to a first form of a first external system and second external specification information relating to a second form of a second external source; configuring said generic processing engine based on a selected one of said first and second external specification information; and third operating said generic processing engine as configured using said selected one of said first and second external specification information to transform said message between said internal form and said external form.