Patent ID: 7590987
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for integrating and distributing information between computer systems of first and second entities, the computer systems storing transactional data in respective data formats, the computer systems having different data structures, comprising: selecting a connection path from among a first communication path, a second communication path, and a third communication path, each of the first, second and third communication paths extending between the first entity and the second entity, wherein the first communication path connects the first entity via a data base server, a data interface application programming interface and a web service through a data mapping component and an intermediate documents adapter in a data exchange interface using simple object address protocol messages and extensible markup language messages to the second entity, wherein the second communication path connects the first entity via a data warehouse to the second entity, wherein the third communication path connects the first entity via a web portal to the second entity; generating a communication having a first data structure at the first entity, the communication directed to the second entity, wherein the second entity uses a second data structure; transforming, based on the selected communication path, the communication into a data structure compatible with the data structure of the second entity; sending the transformed communication to the second entity; generating a response to the communication to the first entity from the second entity, wherein the response has a format compatible with the second data structure; and converting, based on the selected communication path, the generated response from the format compatible with the second data structure to a format compatible with the first data structure for presentation at the first entity.