Patent ID: 8364715

Claim:
A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium including program code for providing a message-based interface for performing an automatic identification label service, the storage 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 interfaces 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 creation of an automatic identification label to automatic identification label processing, the automatic identification label for attachment to items in a supply chain movement of goods registered via barcode or Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, the first message including a first message package derived from the common business object model and hierarchically organized as: an automatic identification label create request message entity; and an automatic identification label package comprising an automatic identification label entity, where the automatic identification label entity includes an identifier, a hexadecimal automatic identification label identifier, a reference object identifier, and a reference object type; 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.