Patent ID: 7080381

Claim:
A method for bridging messages between a first and at least a second application having differing message formats, said method comprising: dynamically loading a message bridge module into said first application; operating said message bridge module by employing userexit routine; setting a pointer to said userexit routine by making an operating system call to load a userexit module into said first application's memory and workspace; resolving said userexit routine at the execution of said first application, not at the compilation of said first application; said first application outputting data to said userexit module without receiving any confirmation regarding whether said data was received; said bridge module receiving message data from said userexit module of said first application in a first format; said bridge module translating and/or parsing said received message data into at least a second format; and said bridge module outputting said translated and/or parsed message data to at least said second application.