Patent ID: 7475123

Claim:
A method comprising: storing, at a server, an address for each of a plurality of web services and at least one of a plurality of parameters specific to each of the plurality of web services; assigning each web service with one or more of a plurality of business types, the address including a uniform resource locator URL for each of the plurality of web services and the at least one parameter, the assignment stored at a table at the server; associating one or more of said plurality of business types to an application; in response to a client running the application, sending a list identifying one or more web services assigned with the one or more business types associated with the application; and in response to the user selecting one of the one or more web services in the list, redirecting the client to the selected web service, by constructing, by the server, the URL for the selected web service from the address and the at least one parameter stored at the table at the server, wherein redirecting the client comprises generating a URL call with a format compliant with an Open Catalog Interface and an Open Partner Interface.