Patent ID: 7587719

Claim:
A method of transferring data from a first application having a legacy data base located with a legacy data base management system with a first format to a second application located within said legacy data base management system employing a second format which is incompatible with said first format under control of a user terminal which provides a client with in interface to said legacy data base management system comprising: a. determining said first format associated with said data from said legacy data base of said first application; b. ascertaining a location of said data within said legacy data base; c. packing an identifier of said first format and an identifier of said location within said legacy data base of said first application into a message having a predefined format; d. transferring said message from said first application to said second application via said legacy data base management system; e. unpacking said message to determine said first format and said location within said legacy data base of said first application; and f. accessing said data by said second application using said indication of said first format and said indication of said location within said legacy data base of said first application.