Patent ID: 7992132

Claim:
A method providing a server side application integration framework, comprising: providing an integration architecture on a machine having an integration bridge that resides on a client platform, wherein the integration bridge integrates a first component external to the client platform with a second component external to the client platform; loading, into the integration bridge, a first plug-in that provides a first interface between the first external component and the integration bridge, wherein the first plug-in handles bi-directional communications with the first external component; loading, into the integration bridge, a second plug-in that provides a second interface between the second external component and the integration bridge, wherein the second plug-in handles bi-directional communications with the second external component; receiving, at a mapping translator coupled to the integration bridge, data directed from the first external component to the second external component via the first plug-in, wherein the first plug-in converts the data directed to the second external component from a first model associated with the first external component into a common object model associated with the integration bridge; translating, at the mapping translator, the data directed to the second external component from the common object model associated with the integration bridge into a second model associated with the second external component; and relaying the data translated into the second model from the mapping translator to the second plug-in, wherein the second plug-in communicates the relayed data to the second external component.