System and method for retrieving information from external systems
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1. A computer based method for retrieving information for use by a requester application, comprising the steps of:
- sending, by the requestor application, an information request to a master pivot program, the information request including document information related to a requested information document;
retrieving the document information from the information request;
retrieving document retrieval information from a configuration database as a function of the document information, the document retrieval information including a destination system;
sending the document retrieval information and the information request to a destination pivot program coupled to the destination system;
retrieving the requested information document from the destination system by the destination pivot program; and
, sending the requested information document to the requester application.
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Abstract
A computer based pivot method and system retrieves information for use by a requestor application. An information request is sent by the requester application to a master pivot program. The information request includes document information related to a requested information document. The document information is retrieved from the information request and document retrieval information is retrieved from a configuration database as a function of the document information. The requested information document is retrieved using the document retrieval information.
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1. A computer based method for retrieving information for use by a requester application, comprising the steps of:
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sending, by the requestor application, an information request to a master pivot program, the information request including document information related to a requested information document;
retrieving the document information from the information request;
retrieving document retrieval information from a configuration database as a function of the document information, the document retrieval information including a destination system;
sending the document retrieval information and the information request to a destination pivot program coupled to the destination system;
retrieving the requested information document from the destination system by the destination pivot program; and
, sending the requested information document to the requester application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer based method for retrieving information for use by a requestor application, comprising the steps of:
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sending, by the requestor application, an information request to a master pivot program, the information request being an extensible markup language (XML) document;
receiving the XML document by a master pivot program;
retrieving, by the master pivot program, dimensions from a configuration database as a function of the XML document;
retrieving a destination and a MCI command from the configuration database;
retrieving a requested information document from the destination in response to the MCI command; and
,sending the requested information document to the requestor application. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer based method for retrieving information for use by a requestor application, comprising the steps of:
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sending, by the requester application, an information request to a master pivot program, the information request being an extensible markup language (XML) document;
receiving the XML document by the master pivot program;
retrieving, by the master pivot program, a document type tag from the XML document;
retrieving, by the master pivot program, dimensions from a configuration database as a function of the document type tag;
retrieving dimension values from the XML document;
retrieving a destination and a MCI command from the configuration database;
sending the MCI command to a destination pivot program located at the destination;
executing the MCI command by a master control interface (MCI) located at the destination pivot program;
sending the XML document to the MCI;
sending a requested information document, by the MCI, to the destination pivot program as a function of the MCI command and the XML document;
sending the requested information document, by the destination pivot program, to the master pivot program; and
,sending the requested information document, by the master pivot program to the requestor application.
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25. A computer based system for retrieving information for use by a requestor application, comprising:
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a requestor application for generating an information request, the information request including document information related to a requested information document;
a configuration database containing document retrieval information; and
,a master pivot program, coupled to the requestor application and the configuration database, for receiving the information request, retrieving the document insformation from the information request, and retrieving document retrieval information for the requested information document from the configuration database as a function of the document information and for retrieving the requested information document from a destination system using the document retrieval information. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A computer based system for retrieving information for use by a requester application, comprising:
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a requestor application for generating an information request, the information request being an extensible markup language (XML) document;
a configuration database containing document retrieval information; and
,a master pivot program, coupled to the requestor application and the configuration database, for receiving the XML document, retrieving the document information from the information request, and retrieving dimensions, a destination and a MCI command from the configuration database as a function of the document information, for retrieving the requested information document from a destination system in response to the MCI using the document retrieval information, and for sending the requested information document to the requester application. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A computer based system for retrieving information for use by a requester application, comprising:
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a requestor application for generating an information request, the information request, the information request being an extensible markup language (XML) document;
a configuration database containing document retrieval information; and
,a master pivot program, coupled to the requestor application and the configuration database, for receiving the XML document and retrieving a document type tag from the XML document, for retrieving dimensions, a destination, and a MCI command from the configuration database as a function of the XML document, and for sending the MCI command to a destination pivot program located at the destination; and
a master control interface (MCI) located at the destination pivot program, the MCI being adapted to execute the MCI command, retrieve a requested information document as a function of the MCI command, and responsively send a requested information document to the destination pivot program, wherein the destination pivot program is adapted to send the requested information document to the master pivot program and the master pivot program is adapted to send the requested information document to the requester application.
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52. A computer program product for retrieving information for use by a requester application, the computer readable program code comprising:
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computer readable program code means for sending, by the requester application, an information request to a master pivot program, the information request including document information related to a requested information document;
computer readable program code means for retrieving the document information from the information request;
computer readable program code means for retrieving document retrieval information from a configuration database as a function of the document information;
computer readable program code means for retrieving the requested information document from a destination using the document retrieval information; and
,computer readable program code means for sending the requested information document to the requestor application.
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