Patent ID: 8583796

Claim:
A method for automatically re-establishing a connection to a data source accessible by a plurality of remote applications, the method comprising: providing at least one interface module configured to interface with a remote application; providing at least one port module configured to interface between the interface module and the data source; providing a connection manager to facilitate the interface between the interface module and the at least one port module; detecting unavailability of the data source, by the at least one port module, in response to an initial request for the data source by the remote application; dynamically detecting availability of the data source, by the at least one port module, in response to a subsequent request for the data source; and re-connecting the data source to the remote application in response to the subsequent request, wherein the at least one port module sends an error message to the interface module indicating the unavailability of the data source, wherein the at least one port module receives the subsequent request after the data source was detected to be unavailable in response to the initial request for the data source, determines that the data source was previously unavailable, and reestablishes a connection with the data source independent of re-initialization by the connection manager, and reconnects the remote application to the data source by directly communicating with the remote application.