Patent ID: 7668930

Claim:
In a World Wide Web (Web) communication network with access via a plurality of data processor controlled Web stations, a Web Service distribution system comprising: Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) means for the transporting and handling of data entities to and from said Web stations including: a sequence of data entity handlers, each handler including SOAP fault detecting means, wherein each handler includes means responsive to a SOAP fault detection for disabling said fault detection means of the handler and of each subsequent handler in said sequence of handlers; means for detecting fault conditions in said SOAP means for the transport and handling of said data entities; Web Services Description Language (WSDL) means for accessing specific Web services for said data entities; means for detecting fault conditions in said WSDL means; means responsive to the detection of WSDL fault conditions for sending fault WSDL message data to selected Web stations; means for prohibiting the sending of SOAP fault message data detected in the transport and handling of data entities for which entities Web services are to be accessed, and means for converting said prohibited SOAP fault data into WSDL message data during the access of such Web Services, wherein said converted data is sent as a WSDL fault message.