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Contract based enterprise application services

  • US 20050108169A1
  • Filed: 06/07/2004
  • Published: 05/19/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A network application system comprising:

  • a service broker configured to act as an intermediary between a service provider and a service consumer, the service consumer having an identity and being characterized by a) a consumer preference, and/or b) a consumer limitation and a consumer capability, the service broker including an input/output configured to exchange service consumer data with the service consumer and to exchange provider data with the service provider, a memory configured to store service contract data selected using the service consumer identity and generated responsive to a characteristic of the service provider and the consumer preference, consumer limitation or consumer capability, of the service consumer, and a mechanism configured to use the contract data to process the service consumer data and the provider data according to the service contract data.

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