Patent ID: 8019647

Claim:
In an order server, a method for processing order messages, comprising the steps of: receiving a first message of the order messages over a network, the first message comprising a first document organized in a first predefined format; wherein the first predefined format defines a configuration element; obtaining a first data set from the first message based on the first predefined format of the first document in response to receiving the first message; wherein the first data set identifies, based on the configuration element, one or more tasks related to the configuration of a product for a customer; invoking an ordering function to process the one or more tasks related to the configuration of the product; generating a second data set by processing the one or more tasks related to the configuration of the product in response to invoking the ordering function; providing over the network the second data set in a second message comprising a second document organized in a second predefined format suitable for use by an ordering application.