Patent ID: 8286186
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for interfacing between a caller application and a service module, the method comprising: receiving a request for performing a transaction from the caller application, wherein the request comprises at least one caller application attribute describing the request; subsequent to said receiving, building a service module data structure pursuant to said received request, wherein the service module data structure comprises a generic service document and at least one service module attribute, wherein the service module uses only the service module data structure such that the service module needs not manipulate said at least one caller application attribute in performing the transaction, wherein said building comprising: subsequent to said building, storing each service module attribute of said at least one service module attribute in a relational table of the service module data structure; subsequent to said storing, servicing the request within the service module data structure, wherein said servicing results in instantiating the generic service document; and subsequent to said servicing, returning the generic service document to the caller application, wherein said receiving, said building, said storing, said servicing, and said returning are performed by the service module.