Patent ID: 7539998

Claim:
An apparatus having at least one processor for permitting a CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) user terminal to request services from an enterprise server having XATMI (Extended Application Transaction Module Interface) applications comprising: a. a user terminal which generates a service request using CORBA protocol; b. a publicly accessible digital data communication network responsively coupled to said user terminal; c. a server responsibly coupled to said publicly accessible digital data communication network; d. a conversion facility located in said server which converts said CORBA protocol service request into a service request according to a second protocol and queues said service request making it available for honoring; e. an enterprise server responsively coupled to said server which honors said service request and produces a response according to said second protocol; f. an input view responsively coupled to said conversion facility which defines conversion of said service request from said CORBA protocol to said second protocol; g. an output view responsively coupled to said conversion facility which defines conversion of said response from said second protocol to said CORBA protocol; and h. wherein said service request further comprises a request to an XATMI application.