Provisioning web services

• US 20040068565A1
• Filed: 09/18/2003
• Published: 04/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Stephenson, John W., Polan, Michael G., Rothenstein, Gabi, Joannidis, Marika, Roberts, Stephen P.
• Granted Patent: US 7,506,021 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

A web service provisioning system including a subscription system having a web service description data correlated to the at least one web service, and provisioning processes data correlated to the at least one web service. The provisioning system also includes an invocation system operatively coupled to the subscription system. A method of provisioning at least one web service, the method including the steps of providing user profile data; providing web service description data correlated to the at least one web service; providing provisioning processes data correlated to the at least one web service; selecting at least one web service; and invoking the provisioning processes data correlated to the selected at least one web service.

Claims

1. A web service provisioning system for provisioning at least one web service, the provisioning system comprising:

a. a subscription system including;

(i) web service description data storage for storing web service description data correlated to the at least one web service, and

(ii) provisioning processes data storage for storing provisioning processes data correlated to the at least one web service; and

b. an invocation system operatively coupled to the subscription system.

2. The provisioning system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a service catalog system configured to select at least one web service.

3. The provisioning system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the service catalog system is further configured to determine user profile data.

4. The provisioning system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the invocation system comprises a workflow execution engine configured to receive user profile data and provisioning processes data, and wherein the workflow engine is configured to invoke provisioning processes data.

5. The provisioning system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the provisioning processes data comprises at least one node, wherein each node comprises web service invocation data correlated to invoking a provisioning web service.

6. The provisioning system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the provisioning processes data comprises WSFL data.

7. A computer program product having instructions for directing a computer processing system to implement the provisioning system of claim 1.

8. A method of provisioning at least one web service, the method comprising the following Steps:

(a) providing user profile data;

(b) providing web service description data correlated to the at least one web Service;

(c) providing provisioning processes data correlated to the at least one web Service;

(d) selecting at least one web service;

(e) invoking the provisioning processes data correlated to the selected at least one web service.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the provisioning processes data comprises at least one node, wherein each node comprises web service invocation data correlated to invoking a provisioning web service.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the provisioning processes data comprises WSFL data.

11. A computer program product having instructions for directing a computer system to perform the method of claim 8.