System and method of communicating data
First Claim
1. A method of communicating data of a known data type from a source process to a destination process, the method comprising:
- receiving said data in a source format from said source process;
converting said data from said source format to a standard format;
determining a destination address based upon at least one of said known data type and a source address that is associated with said source process;
transmitting said data in said standard format with said destination address;
receiving said data transmitted in said standard format at said destination address;
converting said data in said standard format to a destination format; and
transmitting said data in said destination format to said destination process.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for communicating data between a source application process and one or more destination application processes. This system and method performs conversion and routing functions which require only a single conversion of all inbound and outbound transmissions regardless of the variety of destinations/sources. The functions also enable changes, additions, and deletions of source/destination application processes to be made without modification of the source/destination application processes and without taking a process off-line. These conversion and routing functions are performed by receiving data in a source format, converting the data to a standard format, identifying one or more destinations in a database using a transaction type, transmitting a copy of the data to each destination, and converting the data to a destination format.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of communicating data of a known data type from a source process to a destination process, the method comprising:
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receiving said data in a source format from said source process;
converting said data from said source format to a standard format;
determining a destination address based upon at least one of said known data type and a source address that is associated with said source process;
transmitting said data in said standard format with said destination address;
receiving said data transmitted in said standard format at said destination address;
converting said data in said standard format to a destination format; and
transmitting said data in said destination format to said destination process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for communicating data of a known data type from a source process to a destination process, the system comprising:
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a source receiver that receives said data in a source format from said source process;
a source translator that converts said data from said source format to a standard format;
an addressing mechanism that determines a destination address based upon at least one of said known data type and a source address that is associated with said source process;
a source transmitter that transmits said data in said standard format with said destination address;
a destination receiver that receives said data transmitted in said standard format at said destination address;
a destination translator that converts said data in said standard format to a destination format; and
a destination transmitter that transmits said data in said destination format to said destination process. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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