Patent ID: 7143190

Claim:
A method for facilitating remote integration of a trading system including a plurality of dissimilar systems using plurality of dissimilar data formats and plurality of communication protocols, the method comprising steps of: connecting one or more interoperating integrated framework installations across corporate domains; said integrated framework installations comprising at least two integration services allowing a connection between agents using a variety of protocols; an agent management service allowing dynamic installation and removal of agents; the integrated framework installations supporting both browser based applications using HTTP and mail client applications using SMTP to communicate with the integrated framework installations of the system; said integrated framework installations sending and receiving object activation requests and messages by utilizing POP3 and IMAP servers; mapping between said one or more interoperating integrated framework installations; translating the plurality of dissimilar data formats between said one or more interoperating integrated framework installations using ECMAScript for manipulation of the data formats; correlating events between said one or more interoperating integrated framework installations; supporting all non-application-specific services between said one or more interoperating integrated framework installations; and supporting the integration of at least two applications between said one or more interoperating integrated framework installations without any customization, whereby all of said steps can be performed remotely, with appropriate identification, but without additional dedicated hardware or software infrastructure.