Patent ID: 7739328
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A traffic manager for facilitating communication in accordance with at least one policy between a client node and a server node wherein the client node and the server node have at least one distinguishing characteristic between them and the at least one distinguishing characteristic includes more than having distinguishing network addresses, the server node having a first Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) interface associated therewith, the client node having an existing interface associated therewith, the traffic manager capable of communicating with both the client node and the server node and comprising a central processing unit which is operable to: communicate with the server node via the first SOAP interface, wherein the first SOAP interface is incompatible with the existing client interface because of the at least one distinguishing characteristic; generate at least a second SOAP interface, for communication with the first SOAP interface, in accordance with a protocol for exchanging information in a protocol message format and the at least one policy, wherein the at least one policy provides a mechanism to bridge the at least one distinguishing characteristic, wherein the traffic manager bridges the at least one distinguishing characteristic and facilitates communication between the client node and the server node; and publish the second SOAP interface, thereby allowing the client node to access at least one service on the server node via the traffic manager in accordance with the at least one policy.