Patent ID: 7356607

Claim:
In a message router, a method of routing data repository messages, said method comprising: receiving a data repository message from an originating computer system, said data repository message conforming to a first syntax and being received in a message router located remotely from said originating computer system; recognizing based upon data contained in the data repository message the first syntax corresponding to the data repository of the originating computer system; determining from the data contained in the data repository message a target computer system to which said received data repository message is directed, said target computer system remotely located from said originating computer system and said message router; based on said determined target computer system determined on the basis of the data contained in the data repository message, identifying a second syntax corresponding to said target computer system, wherein said first syntax and said second syntax are disparate; converting content in said received data repository message from said first syntax to said second syntax, the conversion being effected by said message router and based upon syntax information contained in a translation library residing on said message router; and sending said received and converted data repository message to said target computer system.