Patent ID: 7802260

Claim:
A system, comprising: one or more physical computer systems configured to implement: an enterprise information system (EIS); and an application server comprising: an application comprising a plurality of application components; and a connector configured to deliver inbound messages from the EIS to the application, wherein the connector comprises: a receiver component configured to receive a plurality of inbound messages from the EIS; a processor component configured to, for each of the plurality of inbound messages received by the receiver component, determine a particular one or more application components from among the plurality of application components to receive the respective inbound message; and a plurality of dispatcher components each configured to deliver a particular one of the plurality of inbound messages received by the receiver component to a particular one of the particular one or more application components determined by the processor component to receive the respective inbound message, wherein the connector is configured to create at least one of the plurality of dispatcher components in response to the processor component determining a particular application component to receive a particular inbound message, and wherein the created dispatcher component is configured to deliver the particular inbound message to the particular application component.