Patent ID: 7047525

Claim:
A real-time method executed on a computer for exchanging information between disparate computing platforms, said method comprising: creating a first plurality of request messages on a first computing platform for information located on a second computing platform; formatting said first plurality of request messages to construct a request data stream; translating said request data stream at said first computing platform into a platform independent language to create a translated request data stream; transmitting said translated request data stream to said second computing platform; translating said translated request data stream at said second computing platform into a format readable by said second computing platform; parsing said translated request data stream into a second plurality of request messages; processing said second plurality of request messages at said second computing platform to create a plurality of first response messages; formatting said plurality of first response messages to construct a response data stream; translating said response data stream into said platform independent language; and, transmitting said response data stream to said first computing platform in said platform independent language.