Patent ID: 7685304

Claim:
A method for multi-protocol web services support, the method comprising: intercepting, at a gateway, a first request in a first web service protocol destined for a first web service from a first user; determining if the first web service supports the first web service protocol; if the first web service does not support the first web service protocol: accessing a stored mapping at the gateway corresponding to the first web service protocol and to a second web service protocol, wherein the second web service protocol is supported by the first web service, wherein the stored mapping includes a predefined portion and a user-configurable portion, wherein the predefined portion contains mappings between commonly used commands, and wherein the user-configurable portion contains mappings that a user has added on top of, or instead of, the mappings in the predefined portions; and converting the first request into the second web service protocol using the stored mapping; and sending the first request to the first web service.