Patent Document ID: 20050044268
Application ID: 10903156
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for mediating the flow of messages in a computer network, wherein the computer network has a mediation network that includes: at least one local point of presence (LPP) module for interfacing between the mediation network and client programs; at least one mediator (M) module for hosting a mediation task; at least one mediator router (MR) module for analyzing the content of incoming messages, each MR module routing the incoming messages to a predetermined M module in dependence upon said content; and at least one transmission proxy (TP) module for forwarding messages to at least one of said LPP modules, wherein, in the method, incoming messages to the mediation network are propagated along a mediation cycle that comprises the steps of: an LPP module addressing incoming messages to a respective one of said at least one mediator router (MR) modules; at said addressed MR module, analyzing the content of incoming messages and routing said messages to a predetermined mediator module in dependence upon said analyzed content; at said predetermined mediator module, applying the mediation task to said analyzed messages and directing mediated messages to a respective one of said TP modules; and at said TP module that receives said mediated messages, forwarding said mediated messages to at least one of said LPP modules.