Patent ID: 8136122

Claim:
An application integration system including a trigger subsystem and at least one processor configured to interface with the trigger subsystem, the trigger subsystem comprising: at least one proprietary trigger subsystem embedded in the trigger subsystem; at least one standards-based trigger subsystem embedded in the trigger subsystem, wherein all or substantially all existing capabilities of the at least one standards-based trigger subsystem are embedded in the trigger subsystem and, common trigger facilities for the at least one proprietary trigger subsystem and the at least one standards-based trigger subsystem, wherein the at least one proprietary trigger subsystem and the at least one standards-based trigger subsystem are provided as parallel subsystems, wherein each said proprietary trigger subsystem and each said standards-based trigger subsystem is configured to access a corresponding trigger layer, wherein each said trigger layer is configured to provide triggers in a format associated with the respective trigger layer, wherein the triggers include instructions for causing a process to be executed in or by the application integration system or a component thereof, and wherein the trigger subsystem is arranged to enable configuration of the at least one standards-based trigger subsystem free from implementation changes at an application services level.