Patent ID: 7073182

Claim:
A connector software when executed connects on-line interfaces used in automation systems with transaction processing for distribution of data over a global communication network comprising: (a) configurable connector software means running in memory on at least one communication server of a computer; (b) configurable connector software communication server interface means in the at least one communication server adapted to receive at least one client request from at least one client application for data and for sending said data in a server response; (c) configurable connector software client interface means in the at least one communication server adapted to issue at least one client request to at least one communication server application for data and for receiving said data in the server response; (d) configurable connector software publishing interface means in the at least one communication server adapted to send data to a message queue; (e) configurable connector software subscriber interface means in the at least one communication server adapted to receive data from said message queue; (f) the configurable connector software publishing interface means in the at least one communication server is adapted to send data to at least one database; (g) the configurable connector software subscriber interface means in the at least one communication server is adapted to receive data from at least one database; and (h) a configurable application objects adapted to process said received data from the message queue and the database and to transmit the results of said processing.