Patent ID: 7171650

Claim:
A method for integrating a resource in a network, comprising: receiving from a requesting entity a first command at a first adapter of a resource integration system, the first command associated with a function to be performed by a resource; communicating a second command from the first adapter to a second adapter of the resource integration system, the second command operable to cause the second adapter to retrieve from memory a first script associated with the first command; the first adaptor receiving the first script from the second adapter; the first adaptor comparing a timestamp associated with the first script to a timestamp associated with a second script; the first adaptor interpreting the first script into one or more first byte codes when the timestamps are different; the first adaptor communicating a third command to the second adapter, the third command operable to cause the second adapter to retrieve a third script from memory, the second adapter operable to interpret the third script into one or more second byte codes; the first adaptor executing at least one of the one or more first byte codes and one or more third byte codes associated with the second script; and the first adaptor communicating a fourth command to the second adapter, the fourth command operable to invoke execution of the one or more third byte codes at the second adapter, the execution of the byte codes at the first and second adapters operable to invoke the function in and facilitate communication with the resource.