Patent ID: 8521621

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable medium including program code for providing a message-based interface for exchanging information about inbound delivery execution requests, the medium comprising: program code for receiving via a message-based interface derived from a common business object model, where the common business object model includes business objects having relationships that enable derivation of message-based interfaces and message packages, the message-based interface exposing at least one service as defined in a service registry and from a heterogeneous application executing in an environment of computer systems providing message-based services, a first message for requesting a warehouse provider to execute a receipt of goods, the first message including a first message package derived from the common business object model and the first message hierarchically organized in memory as: an inbound delivery execution request message entity; and an inbound delivery execution request package including an inbound delivery execution request entity, wherein the inbound delivery execution request entity includes an identifier, a type code and a sender last change date time, wherein the inbound delivery execution request entity further includes at least one item entity from an item package, and wherein each item entity includes an identifier, a type code, a cancelled indicator, a completed indicator, a product and a ship to location; program code for processing the first message according to the hierarchical organization of the first message package, where processing the first message includes unpacking the first message package based on the common business object model; and program code for sending a second message to the heterogeneous application responsive to the first message, where the second message includes a second message package derived from the common business object model to provide consistent semantics with the first message package.