PROGRAMMING INTERFACES FOR NETWORK SERVICES

• US 20070088807A1
• Filed: 12/08/2006
• Published: 04/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Newsilike Media Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Newsilike Media Group, Inc.
• Inventors: Moore, James
• Application Number:
  US11/608,277
• Publication Number:
  US 20070088807A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/36 Software reuse
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5045 Making service definitions prior to deployment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/567 Integrating service provisioning from a plurality of service providers

Abstract

The systems, methods, means, and computer program products disclosed herein provide a framework and tools for creating composite services from the array of services available as distributed, loosely structured, ad hoc, remote programming interfaces on the Internet. The framework includes metaservices for coordinating the execution of multiple services in a composite service, and also provides core services such as database management, security, financial transactions, media conversion, and so forth, to provide greater design latitude in the creation of new composite services from existing Internet content and services. The framework may be deployed to create new services and programming interfaces, or to deploy independent web applications constructed from available services.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

20. A programming interface comprising:

an input adapted to receive program data from a first RSS feed;

a service that processes the program data; and

an output that publishes results of the service to a second RSS feed.

21. The programming interface of claim 20 wherein the service accesses at least one remote service.

22. The programming interface of claim 20 wherein the first RSS feed is published by a second service.

23. The programming interface of claim 20 wherein a second service subscribes to the second RSS feed.

24. The programming interface of claim 20 wherein the programming interface is employed in a composite service coordinated by a metaservices server.

25-27. -27. (canceled)

28. A method comprising:

exposing a service for access by a user through an HTTP get-post programming interface; and

publishing an RSS feed to a URL associated with the service, the RSS feed containing an element that provides a specification for the service.

95. The method of claim 28 wherein the URL shares a top-level domain with the service.

96. The method of claim 28 further comprising providing a graphical user interface including at least one tool for combining the service with one or more other services.

97. The method of claim 28 wherein the specification includes a URL for providing input to the service.

98. The method of claim 28 wherein the specification includes a URL for receiving output from the service.

99. The method of claim 28 further comprising receiving an output through a get command to the HTTP get-post interface and transmitting the output to a remote service.

100. The method of claim 28 wherein the output includes a syndicated data feed.

29. A method, comprising:

exposing a service for access by a user through an HTTP get-post programming interface; and

publishing an OPML document to a URL associated with the service, the OPML document providing a specification for the service.

101. The method of claim 29 wherein the URL shares a top-level domain with the service.

102. The method of claim 29 further comprising providing a graphical user interface including at least one tool for combining the service with one or more other services.

103. The method of claim 29 wherein the specification includes a URL for providing input to the service.

104. The method of claim 29 wherein the specification includes a URL for receiving output from the service.

105. The method of claim 29 further comprising receiving an output through a get command to the HTTP get-post interface and transmitting the output to a remote service.

106. The method of claim 29 wherein the output includes a syndicated data feed.

107. The method of claim 29 further comprising transmitting a syndicated data feed to a post input of the HTTP get-post interface.

30-94. -94. (canceled)