Patent ID: 7797370

Claim:
A method comprising: retrieving, by an integrated common model interface message provider, at least one of a plurality of messages from a plurality of common model interfaces; processing, at the integrated common model interface message provider, at least one of the plurality of messages to provide, to a graphical user interface, the at least one message in a uniform format used for all messages from the plurality of common model interfaces processed by the integrated common model interface message provider and provided to the graphical user interface, each of plurality of messages provided in the uniform format including a first parameter, a second parameter, and a third parameter, the processing comprising: determining, at the integrated common model interface message provider, whether the at least one message is related to one or more objects at a server based on the first parameter included within the at least one message, wherein the first parameter included with each of the plurality of messages provided in the uniform format comprising information for a respective one of the each of the plurality of messages specifying relationships of the respective one of the each of the plurality of messages to one or more objects in a model associated with one or more applications, the model includes information defining, at least in part, data communication and exchange procedures between the model and another model; determining a lifetime of the at least one message based on the second parameter included within the at least one message, wherein the lifetime comprises at least one of a permanent lifetime and a display once lifetime; determining a severity of the at least one message based on the third parameter included within the at least one message, wherein the message severity indicates a warning level of the at least one message; providing the at least one message to the graphical user interface, based on the results of the determining steps.