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Techniques for providing connections to services in a network environment

  • US 10,178,050 B2
  • Filed: 03/26/2014
  • Issued: 01/08/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for mediating user access to services over a network, the method comprising:

  • maintaining, by a service network host implemented using a server system comprising a hardware processor, a registry of a plurality of services and a plurality of connectors implemented using circuitry, the plurality of connectors providing access to the plurality of services over the network, the plurality of services provided by entities independent from the service network host, the plurality of connectors comprising a first connector configurable to communicate with a first one of the plurality of services using a first format to retrieve or modify data associated with the first service, the first service being user-configurable, based on an instruction, to receive messages in accordance with a second format, and the first connector being configurable, in accordance with the instruction, to translate received messages from the second format to the first format; and

    providing, to a computer associated with a user over the network, one or more directions for using the first connector to display and/or modify data from the first service over the network.

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