Patent ID: 8200742

Claim:
An apparatus for facilitating data flow between a first Application Programming Interface (“API”) and a second API, the apparatus comprising: a function receiving module that receives a first function call from a calling application sending and receiving data according to a first API, the first function call directed at one or more files comprising an API signature according to the first API; a function converting module that converts the first function call according to the first API into a second function call according to a second API, the second API comprising an O Series API from Vertex, Inc.; a sending module that sends the second function call to a processing application according to the second API, the processing application sending and receiving data according to the second API; a result receiving module that receives a first data result from the processing application according to the second API; a result converting module that converts the first data result according to the second API to a second data result according to the first API; and a returning module that returns the second data result to the calling application according to the first API.